Dr. Matthias Danne, Deputy CEO of DekaBank, said: “With our investment, we are supporting the further development of an important European project. Scope promotes competition and diversity of perspectives in the rating industry with its analyses and assessments, and strengthens the autonomy of European capital markets.”
Hartwig Löger, CEO of Vienna Insurance Group, said: “Europe’s capital markets benefit from a strong and independent home-grown ratings voice. Through our investment, we have taken a strategic step to support Scope Ratings in strengthening and consolidating the position it has established over the recent years. We are convinced that as European capital markets converge, the strategic importance of a European rating agency will continue to grow significantly.”
Florian Schoeller, CEO and founder of Scope Group, said: “As a European rating agency, Scope’s success is built on trust and recognition from leading financial institutions. I am delighted to welcome Deka and Vienna Insurance Group into our growing pan-European shareholder base. Investment from two major players in European capital markets further solidifies our standing as an integral part of Europe’s financial ecosystem.”
About Scope’s shareholder base: Scope Group’s shareholders include CEO and founder Florian Schoeller and anchor investor Stefan Quandt, alongside a strong base of institutional investors from across Europe, including BPCE and Crédit Agricole, two of the world’s largest banking groups; major insurance companies AXA, HDI/Talanx, Signal Iduna, SparkassenVersicherung and Swiss Mobiliar; as well as RAG-Stiftung, one of Germany’s largest foundations.
About Deka: DekaBank is the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe). Together with its subsidiaries, it is part of Deka Group. With total customer assets of more than EUR 440bn (as at 30/09/2025) and 5.9 million securities accounts, DekaBank is one of the largest securities services providers and real estate asset managers in Germany. It provides private and institutional investors with access to a wide range of investment products and services.
About Vienna Insurance Group (VIG): VIG is the leading insurance group in Central and Eastern Europe, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. With around 30,000 employees working in more than 50 insurance companies and pension funds across 30 countries, VIG offers a comprehensive range of insurance and pension solutions tailored to local markets and individual customer needs. VIG is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and has a long tradition of sustainable growth and customer-focused service.
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 that recognises the local conditions – financial, political, regulatory, judicial and cultural – in which issuers operate. As a full-service, multi-sector CRA, Scope rates more than 13,500 bonds from over 750 issuers. The amount of rated debt is worth more than EUR 43trn. In Europe, Scope has the second largest rating coverage of public-sector issuers and the third largest for non-financial corporates.
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