ING and UNICEF have extended their co-operation recently. What are their goals and what has already been achieved? You can read more about that in this edition of ing.world.

ING Group announced on 9 May an underlying net profit of EUR 705 million for the first quarter of 2012. The profit was down significantly from one year ago, but improved substantially from the fourth quarter of 2011.

ING Group has published its 2011 Sustainability Report, “ING in Society”.

The National Gallery in Prague owns an extensive collection of Dutch paintings from the 17th and early 18th centuries. The collection embraces virtually all the genres and schools of painting of the Golden Age of Dutch art, as well as most of its greatest names.

Is the EUR/USD exchange rate heading for a two-year low? Key data show the US in a much stronger position than the Eurozone.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has awarded ING US a 100 per cent score on its 2012 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the sixth year running.

ING Life Poland has won the Polish ‘2011 Friendly Insurance Company’ award. For the second time, it has been awarded first place in the competition organised by Gazeta Bankowa, a leading publication dedicated to the financial market in Poland.

The high price of oil is emerging as "a major risk for all economies", says ING senior economist Teunis Brosens.

TEFAF Maastricht is the world's leading art and antiques fair. The silver jubilee edition of The European Fine Art Fair will run from 16 to 25 March in Maastricht's MECC.

The February edition of ing.world is out now. It contains a mixture of articles and interviews.

The mood of financial markets improved over the last month - but ING economists ask if it will last.

ING Group announced on February 9 that annual underlying net profit in 2011 rose 15.1% to EUR 3,675 million, despite volatile markets and a sharply weaker macroeconomic environment.

Until 19 February 2012, the Henriette Polak Museum in Zutphen will be giving free reign to the work of Hans Bayens and 34 artists from the ING Collection. They have all been brought together in an exhibition called The Loving Eye.

The global economy avoided a severe slowdown in 2011 despite Europe's debt crisis, ING economists say. But it may not last.

The 2011 Transparency Benchmark has ranked ING 16th out of 500 of the largest Dutch companies, judged on the basis of their social, environmental and ethical performance.

An update on ING's Insurance and Investment Management business in Malaysia - an interview with Dr. Nirmala Menon and Steve Ong Chong Gain.

Eight exhibitions to visit during the Holiday Season.

12/11/11 - 25/3/2012
ING has loaned out Couture Doll Wedding Dress MVO by Dutch fashion duo Viktor & Rolf to XXSmall: Doll's Houses and Other Miniatures

Realisme 12 - from 19-22 January 2012, is the premier fair for contemporary figurative art and a must-see for fans of this movement.