Knot Is Most Likely Heir to Lagarde at ECB, Survey Shows

Dutchman Klaas Knot is most likely to succeed Christine Lagarde at the helm of the European Central Bank, despite other candidates being better qualified, a Bloomberg survey of economists suggests.

Knot, whose stint as head of the Netherlands’ central bank ended last year, leads a ranking that places Bank for International Settlements chief Pablo Hernandez de Cos second and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel third.