Scope Ratings, the leading European credit rating agency, offers clients opinion-driven, forward-looking and non-mechanistic credit risk analysis, creating a greater diversity of opinion for institutional investors. Scope Ratings is registered in accordance with the EU rating regulation and operating in the European Union with ECAI status. Scope Ratings is the only European rating agency accepted by the ECB for the Eurosystem Credit Assessment Framework (ECAF).
Our mission is to make credit and sustainability risk as transparent as possible for institutional investors and issuers to help them take more informed decisions to add economic value. Scope’s strategy is to cater to the needs of institutional investors with a growing range of innovative products and services.
European Rating Agency
Europe’s policy makers have long recognised the region’s need for its own strong, independent financial institutions. In 2022 the EU mandated Scope Ratings to rate EU debt instruments. In November 2023 the ECB accepted Scope Ratings as the only European external credit assessment institution, making Scope’s credit ratings eligible under the Eurosystem Credit Assessment Framework (ECAF).
A European Perspective
Scope Ratings takes a distinctively European approach to assessing credit risk. We capture the characteristics of individual countries and regions, recognising local social, legal or political differences. Through our broad coverage of European debt instruments, with more than EUR 23trn rated, we help deepen Europe’s capital markets by providing a greater diversity of credit opinion.
Part of Scope Group
Scope Ratings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Scope Group, the leading European provider of independent credit ratings, ESG analysis and fund research. Scope Group employs more than 300 people across Europe, with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo and Paris to serve our institutional clients.
Find out more on www.scopegroup.com
The persons below are heading our analyst teams.
Each of our independent non-executive directors (INEDs) has a wealth of experience across the financial services industry, specifically within the debt capital markets and structured finance, with a deep understanding and knowledge of the credit rating process. They are not directly involved in credit rating activities but are involved in the oversight of the following areas:
Surveillance of the rating agency’s rating policy.
Effectiveness of the internal quality control system.
Effectiveness of the rating agency’s Compliance Function.
Effectiveness of the rating agency’s Review Function.
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