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10 unusual facts about ING Group


Adam Voges

In just his second one day match at North Sydney Oval, Voges set the record for the fastest domestic one-day century, bringing up his 100 off only 62 balls (and hitting the ING sign on one of his 7 sixes, which earned him $50,000).

Cogent Research

Cogent provides research services to multiple Fortune 500 companies located in the financial industry, including Bank of America, TD Ameritrade, John Hancock, Aetna, Prudential Financial, ING, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Greater China

For example, the ING Greater China Fund invests 80% of its assets in the Greater China region, which in their definition "consists of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan".

ING Unsung Heroes

The program is run by the U.S. Financial Services division of global financial services company ING Group (ING).

Luxembourg Marathon

The Luxembourg Marathon (official: ING Night Marathon Luxembourg, sponsored by ING) is an annual marathon by night in Luxembourg which was held for the first time in 2006 as Europe Marathon.

NICCT

The first lecture under this series was given by the Chief Economist of the ING Banking and Insurance Group, Mr. Mark Cliffe.

In 2006, the NICCT joined hands with the ING Banking & Insurance Group and KPMG, in organizing a major seminar on ‘Investing in India Opportunities & Challenges.

Pacific Century Group

In February 2013, PCG announced the acquisition of the Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand insurance businesses from ING Groep N.V. (ING).

Poetin

The bidding between 10 parties started at 100,000 Euros, and eventually resulted in a purchase by Peter and Patty van der Zwan of stable De Keizershoeve in Kessel, Netherlands, and the ING Bank, for use as a brood mare.

Sheena Iyengar

Sheena Iyengar is an Academic Member of the Behavioral Finance Forum, a Fellow at the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University, an Oversight Board Member at the ING Institute for Retirement Research, and an Institute Fellow at TIAA-CREF.


Albert Frère

He actively promoted international consolidation of the sectors in which he was involved, selling Banque Bruxelles Lambert to ING Group, Royale Belge to Axa, Tractebel to Suez, Petrofina to Total S.A., and RTL to Bertelsmann.

Brad S. Karp

His client list includes JPMorgan Chase, Wachovia, Morgan Stanley, Apollo Global Management, Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, MacAndrews & Forbes, ING, Bear Stearns, Ericsson, Hexion, Scottish Power and Eton Park in securities, commercial and regulatory matters.

Joan E. Spero

She is a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Atlantic Institute, and the American Academy of Diplomacy and was appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of the ING Group on April 22, 2008.

Lidings

In 2009 Lidings major international companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 3M, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Crédit Agricole, ExxonMobil, ING Group, Japan Tobacco International, Norsk Hydro ASA, OMV Group, Royal Dutch Shell and UniCredit Group choose Lidings as their legal advisor in Russia.

Samsung iMarketKorea

Its customer base has expanded beyond the Samsung Group and iMarketKorea currently provides services for over 349 clients including the CJ Corporation, Hansol, Rockwell Automation, ING, Standard Chartered, Woori Bank and Union Steel.

Sarmad Tariq

By completing the race in seven and a half hours, he qualified to represent his country in ING New York City Marathon 2005 and made history for Pakistan by returning with a finisher's medal.

The New York Times Building

Construction was a joint venture of The New York Times Company, Forest City Ratner Companies—the New York subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, the Cleveland-based real estate firm redeveloping the Brooklyn Atlantic rail yards—and ING Real Estate.