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ING EQUITY TRUST

ING FUNDS TRUST

ING MUTUAL FUNDS

ING SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS TRUST

ING SERIES FUND, INC.

(the “Registrants”)

 

Supplement dated August 7, 2013 to the

Current Prospectuses

for each Series of the above named Registrants

(collectively, the “Funds”)

 

Effective immediately, the Registrants’ current Prospectuses are hereby revised as follows:

 

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ING Capital Allocation Fund

 

ING Mid Cap Value Fund

ING Core Equity Research Fund

 

ING Money Market Fund

ING Corporate Leaders 100 Fund

 

ING Real Estate Fund

ING Diversified Emerging Markets Debt Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2020 Fund

ING Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2025 Fund

ING Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2030 Fund

ING Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2035 Fund

ING Floating Rate Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2040 Fund

ING Global Perspectives Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2045 Fund

ING Global Target Payment Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2050 Fund

ING GNMA Income Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution 2055 Fund

ING Growth Opportunities Fund

 

ING Retirement Solution Income Fund

ING High Yield Bond Fund

 

ING Short Term Bond Fund

ING Intermediate Bond Fund

 

ING SmallCap Opportunities Fund

ING Investment Grade Credit Fund

 

ING Small Company Fund

ING Large Cap Growth Fund

 

ING SMID Cap Equity Fund

ING Large Cap Value Fund

 

ING Strategic Income Fund

ING MidCap Opportunities Fund

 

 

 

With respect to the Funds listed in the table above, the second, third, and fourth paragraphs of the sub-section entitled “The Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers” of each Prospectus, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

The Adviser acts as a “manager-of-managers” for the Fund(s). The Adviser has ultimate responsibility, subject to the oversight of the Fund(s)’ Board, to oversee any sub-advisers and to recommend the hiring, termination, or replacement of sub-advisers.  The Fund(s) and the Adviser have received exemptive relief from the SEC which permits the Adviser, with the approval of the Fund(s)’ Board but without obtaining shareholder approval, to enter into or materially amend a sub-advisory agreement with sub-advisers that are not affiliated with the Adviser (“non-affiliated sub-advisers”) as well as sub-advisers that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Adviser or of another company that, indirectly or directly wholly owns the Adviser (“wholly-owned sub-advisers”).

 

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Consistent with the “manager-of-managers” structure, the Adviser delegates to the sub-advisers of the Fund(s) the responsibility for day-to-day investment management or for asset allocation amongst the underlying funds, as applicable, subject to the Adviser’s oversight. The Adviser is responsible for, among other things, monitoring the investment program and performance of the sub-advisers of the Fund(s).  Pursuant to the exemptive relief, the Adviser, with the approval of the Fund(s)’ Board, has the discretion to terminate any sub-adviser (including terminating a non-affiliated sub-adviser and replacing it with a wholly-owned sub-adviser), and to allocate and reallocate a Fund’s assets among other sub-advisers.  In these instances, the Adviser may have an incentive to select or retain an affiliated sub-adviser. In the event that the Adviser exercises its discretion to replace a sub-adviser of the Fund(s) or add a new sub-adviser to the Fund(s), the Fund(s) will provide shareholders with information about the new sub-adviser and the new sub-advisory agreement within 90 days.  The appointment of a new sub-adviser or the replacement of an existing sub-adviser may be accompanied by a change to the name of a Fund and a change to the investment strategies of the Fund.

 

Under the terms of each sub-advisory agreement, the agreement can be terminated by the Adviser or a Fund’s Board. In the event a sub-advisory agreement is terminated, the sub-adviser may be replaced subject to any regulatory requirements or the Adviser may assume day-to-day investment management of a Fund.

 

The “manager-of-managers” structure and reliance on the exemptive relief has been approved by the/each Fund’s shareholders.

 

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ING Emerging Markets Equity Dividend Fund

 

ING International Core Fund

ING Emerging Markets Equity Fund

 

ING Multi-Manager International Equity Fund

ING Global Bond Fund

 

ING International Real Estate Fund

ING Global Equity Dividend Fund

 

ING International Small Cap Fund

ING Global Natural Resources Fund

 

ING International Value Equity Fund

ING Global Opportunities Fund

 

ING Russia Fund

ING Global Real Estate Fund

 

 

 

With respect to the Funds listed in the table above, the second, third, and fourth paragraphs of the sub-section entitled “The Sub-Advisers and Portfolio Managers” of each Prospectus, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

The Adviser acts as a “manager-of-managers” for each of the Funds (except ING Global Equity Dividend and ING Russia Fund) (collectively, “Manager-of-Managers Funds”). The Adviser has ultimate responsibility, subject to the oversight of the Manager-of-Managers Funds’ Board, to oversee any sub-advisers and to recommend the hiring, termination, or replacement of sub-advisers.  The Funds and the Adviser have received exemptive relief from the SEC which permits the Adviser, with the approval of the Funds’ Board but without obtaining shareholder approval, to enter into or materially amend a sub-advisory agreement with sub-advisers that are not affiliated with the Adviser (“non-affiliated sub-advisers”) as well as sub-advisers that are indirect or direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Adviser or of another company that, indirectly or directly wholly owns the Adviser (“wholly-owned sub-advisers”).

 

The “manager-of-managers” structure and reliance on the exemptive relief with respect to non-affiliated sub-advisers has been approved by each Manager-of-Managers Fund’s shareholders. Reliance on the exemptive relief

 

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with respect to wholly-owned sub-advisers has been approved by each Manager-of-Managers Fund, except ING Emerging Markets Equity Dividend Fund and ING Global Opportunities Fund.

 

Consistent with the “manager-of-managers” structure, the Adviser delegates to the sub-advisers of the Manager-of-Managers Funds the responsibility for day-to-day investment management, subject to the Adviser’s oversight. The Adviser is responsible for, among other things, monitoring the investment program and performance of the sub-advisers of the Manager-of-Managers Funds.  Pursuant to the exemptive relief, the Adviser, with the approval of the Manager-of-Managers Funds’ Board, has the discretion to terminate any sub-adviser (including terminating a non-affiliated sub-adviser and in some cases replacing it with a wholly-owned sub-adviser), and to allocate and reallocate a Manager-of-Managers Fund’s assets among other sub-advisers.  In these instances, the Adviser may have an incentive to select or retain an affiliated sub-adviser. In the event that the Adviser exercises its discretion to replace a sub-adviser of the Funds or add a new sub-adviser to the Funds, the Funds will provide shareholders with information about the new sub-adviser and the new sub-advisory agreement within 90 days.  The appointment of a new sub-adviser or the replacement of an existing sub-adviser may be accompanied by a change to the name of a Fund and a change to the investment strategies of the Fund.

 

Under the terms of each sub-advisory agreement, the agreement can be terminated by the Adviser or a Fund’s Board. In the event a sub-advisory agreement is terminated, the sub-adviser may be replaced subject to any regulatory requirements or the Adviser may assume day-to-day investment management of a Fund.

 

PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

 

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