Scope Group

Scope Group is headquartered in Berlin with offices in Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Paris and Poznan. Its history goes back more than 20 years to 2002, when Florian Schoeller founded Scope in Berlin as a firm specialising in the analysis of alternative investments. In 2012 it expanded into credit rating, and in 2016 it acquired FERI EuroRating Services. Scope Ratings is described as the leading European credit rating agency and the only one accepted in the European Central Bank's Eurosystem credit assessment framework (ECAF). Scope Fund Analysis offers more than 10,000 fund and asset manager ratings, and Scope's ESG analysts assess issuers' suitability for Green, Social and Sustainability bonds through Second Party Opinions.

Scope's history goes back more than 20 years to 2002, when Florian Schoeller founded Scope in Berlin as a firm specialising in the analysis of alternative investments. Ten years later, Scope decided to expand into credit rating with the goal of establishing the European alternative to the dominant US rating agencies. In 2012, after the global financial and euro-area debt crises exposed Europe's reliance on a North American oligopoly of credit rating firms, Scope broadened its activities into credit ratings. From 2013 to 2015, Scope expanded its credit rating activities across Europe, hiring seasoned professionals to build a reputation based on forward-looking, through-the-cycle rating methodologies. In 2016, Scope acquired FERI EuroRating Services, expanding its credit ratings activities and becoming a fully-fledged rating agency covering all issuer classes.

Europe's independent voice on capital markets; the leading European credit rating agency and the only one accepted in the ECB's Eurosystem credit assessment framework (ECAF).

• Issuer ratings

  Coverage of more than 1000 issuers.

• Fund and asset manager ratings

  More than 10,000 ratings to support investors' decision making.

• ESG Second Party Opinions

  Assess issuers' suitability for Green, Social and Sustainability bonds.

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