29 April 2011 ING Investment Management rings the NYSE Opening Bell

ING Investment Management (NYSE-Listed ING) visits the NYSE. In honor of the occasion, CEO Jeff Becker rings The Opening BellSM. About ING Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund ING Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund is a newly organized, diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is total return through a combination of current income, capital gains and capital appreciation. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing principally in a portfolio of equity securities, primarily of issuers in emerging market countries. The sub-adviser will seek to construct a portfolio with a weighted average gross dividend yield that exceeds the dividend yield of the Morgan Stanley Capital International ("MSCI®") Emerging Markets Index. The Fund will also normally seek to secure gains and enhance the stability of returns over a market cycle by writing (selling) call options on selected exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and/or international, regional or country indices of equity securities, and/or on equity securities. About ING Investment Management ING Investment Management is a leading U.S.-based asset management firm and is a part ING U.S. Insurance. As of December 31 2010, ING IM U.S. manages approximately $154 billion of assets for institutions and individual investors worldwide. With over 900 employees, ING IM U.S. provides clients with access to domestic, regional and global investment solutions. As part of ING Group's global asset management network, ING IM U.S. has access to local knowledge, manufacturing and delivery of investment solutions worldwide in key emerging markets.