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10 January 2014 | Press release

ING to sell Taiwanese asset management business

ING announced today that it has reached an agreement to sell ING Investment Management (IM) Taiwan, its Taiwanese asset management business, to Japan-based Nomura Asset Management in partnership with a group of investors.

9 January 2014 | Banking, Economics

Is Europe too obsessed with the ‘culture of credit’?

Find out what ING’s Ian Bright and others says about this topic in the third post of Debating Europe.

9 January 2014 | Press release

ING reaches agreement in principle to make Defined Benefits Pension Fund financially independent

ING announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle with the trade unions (CNV Dienstenbond, FNV Finance and De Unie), the ING Pension Fund, the Central Works Council and the Association of Retired ING Employees (VSI) to transfer all future funding and indexation obligations under ING's current closed Defined Benefit (DB) Pension Plan in the Netherlands to the ING Pension Fund.

7 January 2014 | Press release

ING completes sale of stake in SulAmérica to Swiss Re

ING announced today that it has completed the sale to Swiss Re Group of 37.7 million units in Sul América S.A., as previously announced on 18 November 2013. The transaction further reduced ING’s stake in the Brazilian insurance holding to approximately 10%.

24 December 2013 | Press release

ING completes sale of ING Life Korea to MBK Partners

ING announced today that it has completed the divestment of ING Life Korea to MBK Partners, a Korean private equity firm, for a total purchase price of approximately EUR 1.27 billion.

24 December 2013 | Sustainability

2013 Global Challenge Total Funds Rise

The ING Chances for Children Global Challenge 2013 closed on Friday 29 November with a noteworthy rise in the total funds raised despite the fact that this year’s event coincided with the campaign to raise disaster relief funds for the Philippines.

23 December 2013 | Sustainability

Continuous support for Italian renewables

Another successful wind energy financing deal was sealed this winter by the Milan Structured Finance team and the Utilities, Power and Renewables team in Amsterdam for the Fri El S.Agata 72 MW wind plant in Italy.

23 December 2013 | People

Successful ING Business Course 2013

The annual ING Business Course was held from 4 to 6 December, with thirty master’s students in eager attendance.

20 December 2013 | Press release

ING publishes historical trend data adjusted for upcoming changes in the ING Insurance reporting structure

As previously announced, and in the context of the preparations of ING Insurance to become a stand-alone company through a base case Initial Public Offering (IPO), ING Insurance will change its reporting segmentation starting per the fourth quarter of 2013. The new reporting segmentation better aligns the businesses of ING Insurance with their governance and internal management.