Russia: unlocking the potential

In connection with the kick-off of the Netherlands-Russia year 2013 on 8 April, ING’s Economics Department published the report ‘Russia: unlocking the potential’.

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Kernel

ING helped Kernel to put in place a USD 500m pre-export facility to further strengthen their market leadership in the Ukraine and become the largest sunflower oil supplier to the international markets.

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Uz-Kor Gas Chemical

ING has helped put together an award-winning project structure including the raising of more than USD 2.5bn of debt financing to construct gas and petrochemical processing facilities.

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Some business opportunities are simply 1st class

ING supported Ceske Drahy with a EUR 300m Eurobond to continue to invest in new trains and materials so that travel times between cities in the Czech Republic can be significantly reduced.

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Equator Principles strengthened

May, 2013

Equator Principles (EP) Association members have given overwhelming support to EP III - the third and most robust version of the EP to date. The vote in favour of EP III means that from 4 June 2013 more deals will be assessed under a strengthened environmental and social risk management framework.

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Front-runners in SEPA transformation

April, 2013

Supervisory authorities complain that many companies are too easygoing regarding the adaptation to SEPA, with February 2014 as the ultimate deadline. Not all organisations show a wait and see approach, of course. Which sectors and companies are the trendsetters in SEPA transformation till now?

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Wind energy investors look east

April, 2013

Investor confidence in eastern European wind power projects has been hit by policy uncertainty, but there are still attractive opportunities in parts of the region, where wind power capacity is set to soar.

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Focus on the M&A market

March, 2013

In M&A Magazine no 1, Maurits Duynstee (ING) comments on the current Dutch M&A market situation and his expectations for 2013. In the same edition, David Wu (ING) and Geert Potjewijd (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) comment on the condition of the Chinese M&A market.

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Turkey on the move - country report

March, 2013

Turkey is well on track to resume its long-term growth path (5% per annum), leaving the euro zone far behind (growth rate of 1-2%). This will move Turkey up in the rankings of largest economies in Europe (#5 by 2030). In their latest report ‘Turkey on the move’, ING’s Economics Department focuses on the sectors that contribute to this performance and the role foreign companies can play.

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Integrating climate change into business strategy

March, 2013

The ‘Carbon Disclosure Project Benelux 150 Report 2012’, written by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the Carbon Disclosure Project, highlights Benelux companies that are leading the way on climate change reporting and management.

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