Supported by the Federation of Austrian Industries
The reputation of rating agencies has suffered severely from the financial crisis. While
states and investors used to trust in their advice almost blindly, stricter regulations are being called for. While considerations to establish a European rating agency exist, the oligopoly of the “Big Three” has not been broken – private and insti-
tutional investors still depend on their ratings. What should be done about the
dependence of businesses and states on these ratings? Which changes can be expected from new provisions adopted by the EU? How important do external ratings remain after the crisis?
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Manfred GÄRTNER
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Professor of Economics, Institute of Economics, University of St.Gallen |
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Torsten HINRICHS
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Managing Director and Regional Head of Northern Europe, Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Ltd., Frankfurt |
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Harald WAIGLEIN
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Director-General, Economic Policy and Financial Markets, Federal Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
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Managing Director and Regional Head of Northern Europe, Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Ltd., Frankfurt
| 1984-1999 | Westdeutsche Landesbank, Düsseldorf, New York, London, Hong Kong, u.a. in den Bereichen Neuemissionen, Kapitalmarkt, Global Derivatives, Fixed Income, Treasury
Director, Agenda Austria, Vienna
| 1990-1991 | Bankausbildung in der Creditanstalt Bankverein
| 1992-1997 | Studium der Handelswissenschaften, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
| 1997-2013 | Wirtschaftsredaktion, "Die Presse", Wien
| 2004-2013 | Leiter der Wirtschaftsredaktion, "Die Presse", Wien
| 2011-2013 | Stellvertretender Chefredakteur, "Die Presse", Wien
Director-General, Economic Policy and Financial Markets, Federal Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria, Vienna
| 1992-2005 | ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 2005-2007 | Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
Editor in Chief, NEWS GmbH, Vienna
| 1987-1992 | Contemporary history and philosophy (Lettere e Filosofia), Bologna
| 1993-1996 | Business editor, daily newspaper "Dolomiten", Bozen
| 1996 | Traineeship, Italys first financial newspaper "Il sole 24ore", Milan
| 1996-1998 | Deputy head of department of economics, "Dolomiten", Bozen
| 1996-1998 | Collaboration with public radio "RAI", presentation of "Pressespiegel"
| 1998-2001 | Financial reporter, n-tv
| 1998-2002 | Business editor, Der Standard, Vienna
| 2003-2004 | Freelance journalist for profil, trend, DM Euro
| 2004 | Public Relations Adviser, Scholdan & Company
| 2005-2006 | Editor in Chief of Finance, Business People; Deputy editor in Chief, medianet
| 2006-2007 | Chief Reporter, WirtschaftsBlatt
| 2007-2012 | Head of Department Companies & Markets and Chief Editorship, WirtschaftsBlatt
| 2012-2014 | Editor in Chief, WirtschaftsBlatt
| since 2015 | Chief Editorship and Head of Business department, "News", Vienna
