ING Financial Markets

In FICC (Fixed Income, commodities and Currencies) Research, we offer niche EM expertise, especially in EMEA. We are the go-to bank for Benelux issues, from regulations to rates to a Benelux credit focus. We have developed top notch covered bonds research, and have niche offerings in money markets, rate derivatives and European high yield. We overlay this with a global offering in macro, FX, commodities research and technical analysis. Europe is a key focus for us, but our global sphere extends to the Americas and Asia, in areas where we have selected DM & EM edges. Our analysts provide both written output and conference calls, but also travel the world to provide face-to-face presentations.

ING’s Equity Research team provides in-depth research on over 120 companies in the BeNeLux region, offering both breadth and depth of stock coverage. In addition to investment recommendations, our analysts offer thematic research, proprietary data points. insights into industry trends and unique valuation perspectives. ING’s Equity Research team was ranked the #1 Country Research team in the BeNeLux region in 2017 by the Extel Survey. Next to this, ING is the only bank to have been involved in all the BeNeLux IPOs in 2017. ING has the largest equities team focussed on Benelux listed securities and is the only Benelux broker with sales and research operations in both Amsterdam and Brussels and a sales hub in New York.

David Havrlant
  • David Havrlant

Czech services inflation remains elevated

Czech headline inflation eased in September due to subdued food prices. Yet annual price growth in services and rising rents continue to pose a risk of entrenching inflation expectations given the economic upswing. That said, worrying news from the main eurozone trading partners threatens to dampen the growth outlook

Paolo Pizzoli
  • Paolo Pizzoli

A sharp fall in Italian production threatens our growth forecast

August's Italian production numbers suggest that a hoped-for timid improvement in the third quarter has not materialised. While some caveats should apply when dealing with summertime data, it would seem the onus now lies with a growth in services

Marine Leleux ... (+3)
  • Marine Leleux
  • Maureen Schuller
  • Suvi Platerink Kosonen

Bank Brunch/EU Parliament's sustainability Omnibus agreement

EU Parliament reaches an agreement on sustainability Omnibus after intense negotiations

Marine Leleux ... (+3)
  • Marine Leleux
  • Maureen Schuller
  • Suvi Platerink Kosonen

Bank Brunch/EU Parliament's sustainability Omnibus agreement

EU Parliament reaches an agreement on sustainability Omnibus after intense negotiations

Charlotte de Montpellier ... (+3)
  • Charlotte de Montpellier
  • Diederik Stadig
  • Ruben Dewitte

Economic risks mount in Switzerland on tariff turbulence

Switzerland's economy is under significant pressure due to the imposition of US tariffs on Swiss exports. As such, we have revised down our GDP growth forecasts

Hamza Khan ... (+2)
  • Hamza Khan
  • Warren Patterson

The Commodities Feed

Energy • Crude oil speculative position: Speculators continued to increase their net long in ICE Brent over the last reporting week. According to exchange data, speculators increased their position by 4,175 lots to leave them with a record net long of 565,459 lots. Meanwhile for NYMEX WTI speculators reduced their net long by 15,591 lots to leave them with a net long of 396,381 lots. • US oil rig count: Latest data from Baker Hughes shows that over the last week the number of active rigs decreas...

Gustavo Rangel
  • Gustavo Rangel

LATAM: Political risk calls for caution

Presidential elections are scheduled in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia this year. We take a look at what the rise in political uncertainty means for economic policy and currency trading in the region

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