About ING Group:
ING Group is a global financial institution of Dutch origin with 120,000 employees. ING offers banking, insurance and asset management to more than 60 million clients in over 50 countries. The clients are individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations, institutions and governments. ING comprises a broad spectrum of prominent businesses that increasingly serve their clients under the ING brand.
Key to ING's retail business is its distribution philosophy of 'click-call-face'. This is a flexible mix of internet, call centres, intermediaries and branches that enables ING to deliver what today's clients expect: unlimited access, maximum convenience, immediate and accurate execution, personal advice, tailor-made solutions and competitive rates. ING's wholesale product offering focuses strongly on its strengths in employee benefits/pensions, financial markets, corporate banking and asset management.
ING Investment Management
At ING Investment Management, we provide a comprehensive range of investment solutions and services to our clients and partners. We manage assets for institutional clients, fund distributors and the ING labels.
ING Investment Management has nearly €400 billion assets under management. Worldwide 2500 professionals watch over our clients’ money. We operate along regional lines with centres of expertise in Europe, Americas and Asia-Pacific.
ING Investment Management is the principal asset manager of ING Group. Against the background of ING Group realising its global ambitions, ING Investment Management has also expanded across borders. Nowadays we are active in well over 31 countries, including some of the world’s fastest growing economies, such as China, India, Brazil and many Eastern European countries.
ING in India:
In India, ING is present in all three fields of banking, insurance and asset management in the form of ING Vysya Bank, ING Life Insurance and ING Investment Management respectively. The presence in all three fields signifies the importance that the group attaches to the Indian markets and the group's operations here, as well as its bullish future outlook on the country.
ING Investment Management - India
In India ING Investment Management (I) Pvt Ltd has an investor base of over 1.5 lac. with Rs. 10,385.4644 crores as of 31st March, 2008 (Source: www.amfiindia.com ).