Articles by Maud van Gaal and Ruth David

ING’s $2.7 Billion IPO to Test Buyer Appetite as Prices Fall

ING Groep NV will try to execute Europe’s biggest initial public offering this year even as investor demand declines and competing share sales increase. The largest Dutch financial-services company is seeking to value its European insurance unit NN Group NV …

RRJ, Temasek to Invest $1.8 Billion in ING Insurance Unit

RRJ Capital Ltd., run by Charles Ong, and his former employer Temasek Holdings Pte, have agreed to invest €1.28 billion ($1.8 billion) in ING Groep NV’s NN insurance business before the unit’s initial public offering. ING will get 750 million …

ING to End Majority Stake in U.S. Business in $1.2 Billion Sale

ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, will end its majority stake in its U.S. insurance unit with another share sale as it winds down ownership of the business. The parent plans to sell 26.5 million shares of ING …

European Officials Reach Deal on Solvency II Insurance Rules

European politicians reached an agreement paving the way for new rules designed to make insurance companies safer after 13 years of wrangling with the industry and regulators. The European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the European Union yesterday agreed …

Europe Appears Close to Agreement on Solvency II Insurance Rules

Europe may be nearing an agreement on rules that aim to make insurance companies safer after 13 years of wrangling between politicians, companies and regulators. Insurers and European Union officials are working out a compromise on the capital they need …

ING to Speed up Reorganization after Revised Deal with EU

ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, will complete its reorganization two years earlier than planned after winning regulators’ permission to combine its Japanese insurance unit with European operations in a 2014 initial public offering. Under its agreement with …

ING Sells South Korean Insurance Unit to Asian Buyout Firm MBK

ING Groep NV sold its South Korean insurance unit on its second attempt within a year, raising about 1.84 trillion won ($1.7 billion) from MBK Partners Ltd., the Asian buyout firm formed by ex-Carlyle Group executives. MBK will pay the …