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News Breaks | | | | February 19, 2013 | | 09:31 EDT |  | ING | FINRA fines five ING firms $1.2M for email retention, review violations
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it has fined five affiliates of ING $1.2M for failing to retain or review millions of emails for periods ranging from two months to more than six years. The five firms, indirect subsidiaries of ING Groep N.V., are Directed Services, LLC; ING America Equities, Inc.; ING Financial Advisers, LLC; ING Financial Partners, Inc.; and ING Investment Advisors, LLC. FINRA found that the firms failed to properly configure hundreds of employee email accounts to ensure that the emails sent to and from those accounts were retained and reviewed at various times between 2004 and 2012. In addition, four of the firms failed to set up systems to retain certain types of emails, such as emails using alternative email addresses, emails sent to distribution lists, emails received as blind carbon copies, encrypted emails and "cloud" email. In addition, four of the firms failed to review millions of emails that the firms' email review software had flagged for supervisory review. In concluding the settlement, the firms neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings. FINRA found that the firms violated the recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws and FINRA rules, and supervisory requirements under FINRA rules. FINRA also ordered the firms to conduct a comprehensive review of their systems for the capture, retention and review of email, and to subsequently certify that they have established procedures reasonably designed to address and correct the violations. | |
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| May 19, 2013 | | 18:32 EDT |  | ING | ING U.S. could rise over 30% in a takeover, Barron's reports.
 Subscribe for More Information | | | May 16, 2013 | | 17:42 EDT | | ING | ING Group agrees to sell part of its direct stake in SulAmerica to IFC
ING announced that it has agreed to sell part of its direct stake in SulAmerica to International Finance Corporation, IFC. ING has agreed to sell approximately 26.5M units of SulAmerica, representing approximately 7.9% of SulAmerica's outstanding shares, for a total consideration of 400M Brazilian Reais, roughly USD 200M or EUR 155M at current exchange rates. These shares have been released from the obligations of the shareholders agreement between ING and the Larragoiti Family as announced on 28 February 2013. Upon the closing of both the sale to IFC and the transaction with the Larragoiti Family, in which ING agreed to reduce its 36.5% stake to just under 30%, ING's equity interest in SulAmerica will be reduced to approximately 21.5%. The market value of the remaining stake is approximately EUR 410M based on the closing share price of 15 May 2013, R$14.95, and current exchange rates. The transaction with IFC is expected to close within 30 days, while the transaction with the Larragoiti Family is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013 as it is subject to regulatory approvals. | | | 12:32 EDT |  | ING | EU bank stress test delayed until 2014 by regulator
The EBA agreed on recommendations to supervisors to conduct asset quality reviews on major EU banks. While banks’ capital positions were significantly strengthened under the EBA’s recapitalisation exercise, the objective of the asset quality exercises will be to review banks’ classifications and valuations of their assets so to help dispel concerns over the deterioration of asset quality due to macroeconomic conditions in Europe. Since appropriately reviewed balance sheets are a key input to an effective stress test, the EBA has also adjusted the timeline of the next EU-wide stress test so to conduct the exercise in 2014 once the asset quality reviews are completed. However, to ensure transparency and comparability over the years, the EBA will provide, in 2H, appropriate disclosure on the actual exposures of the EU banking sector. Reference Link | | | 08:33 EDT |  | ING | BofA/Merrill's gobal financial analysts hold an analyst/industry conference call
Global Financial Institutions Analysts discuss their Global Financials Quarterly Best Ideas Report on an Analyst/Industry conference call. Relevant companies AIG, ALL, ASBC, BCH, BKU, BBT, BBD, C, CMA, EVER, FITB, FHN, FRC, FULT, HBAN, ING, KEY, MTB, PNC, RF, STI, SUSQ, SNV, HIG, USB, WFC, XL and ZION may be included on the Analyst/Industry conference call to be held on May 16 at 10 am. | | | May 13, 2013 | | 06:49 EDT | | ING | ECB member says negative deposit rates would help economy, Reuters says
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 8, 2013 | | 07:41 EDT | | ING | ING readies European insurance arm for listing next year, Reuters reports
ING Groep will speed up preparations for a stock market listing of its European insurance business in 2014 after completing the spin-off of its U.S. insurance and investment arm, reports Reuters.Reference Link | | | 05:37 EDT |  | ING | ING Group reports Q1 net profit 47c vs. 39c last year
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