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Maarten Blomme, Head of Corporate Investments of ABN AMRO, said: “By investing in Scope, we aim to strengthen the autonomy of European capital markets. Having a strong European rating agency ultimately provides a broader perspective and more informed decision-making when accessing capital markets.”
Florian Schoeller, CEO and founder of Scope Group, said: “Across Europe, there is growing awareness of the significant dependence and concentration risks that exist in many parts of our economy and financial system. Against this backdrop, I am delighted to welcome ABN AMRO as another leading banking group among our European shareholder bases. Their investment sends a strong signal about the strategic and economic relevance of a European rating agency and the importance of independent ratings for the resilience of Europe’s capital markets.”
About ABN AMRO: ABN AMRO is a Dutch bank for retail, corporate and private banking clients, offering a full range of financial products and solutions. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the bank serves over 5 million clients and employs more than 19,000 people. ABN AMRO Corporate Investments offers ABN AMRO clients the opportunity to contribute to accelerating the transition towards a resilient and sustainable society. The bank does this through a broad range of capital solutions. Examples include (co-)investments in funds, direct investments via the Sustainable Impact Fund, hybrid debt, and subordinated debt. www.abnamro.com.
About Scope’s shareholder base: Scope Group’s shareholders include CEO and founder Florian Schoeller and anchor investor Stefan Quandt, alongside a strong pan‑European base of institutional investors. These include leading banking groups, asset managers and insurers such as AXA, BPCE, Crédit Agricole Assurances, DekaBank, HDI/Talanx, Signal Iduna, Swiss Mobiliar, Vienna Insurance Group, as well as RAG‑Stiftung, one of Germany’s largest foundations.
About Scope’s rating approach and coverage: Scope is the leading European credit rating agency (CRA) and the only European credit assessment institution accepted in the ECB’s credit-assessment framework. Scope’s distinctive approach provides opinion-driven and forward-looking credit analysis with a European perspective. As a full-service, multi-sector CRA, Scope rates more than 14,000 bonds from over 1,000 issuers. The amount of rated debt is worth more than EUR 40trn. In Europe, Scope has the second-largest rating coverage of public-sector issuers and the third largest for non-financial corporates. Scope’s ratings are widely used by institutional investors, banks and public authorities as part of their risk management, investment and regulatory processes across Europe.
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