The international professional investors praised the quality of ING’s equity analysts. The professional investors also rated ING highly in terms of providing corporate and investor access, to give companies optimal access to the capital markets.

The pan-European Extel Survey by Thomson Reuters is the largest of its kind, with more than 7,500 respondents from 62 countries and more than 250,000 individual votes cast.

ING achieved the following scores in the Benelux category:

• Score broker overall: no 1.
• Equity research: no 1.
• Equity sales: no 2.
• Corporate access: no 2.
• Sales trading: no 2.

“We’re very proud of this as our clients’ appreciation is the most important recognition of our efforts to provide the best services. It is important for us that we receive high ratings in all areas of our services – research, sales, sales trading and corporate access.“, says Richard Koning, head of equity sales at ING Commercial Banking.

“The fact that we already started early 2013 with giving our vision on the return of Benelux companies’ profitability, and thus on the recovery of the stock market, has certainly contributed to this recognition. And by regularly updating our vision, we have also been able to respond to change. Our analysts have focused on further improving corporate access”, according to Marco Gulpers, head of equity research.