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ING Global Opportunities Fund

ING Global Opportunities Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in ING Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the discussion in the Sales Charges section of the Prospectus (page 112) or the Statement of Additional Information (page 211).
Shareholder Fees
Fees paid directly from your investment
Shareholder Fees ING Global Opportunities Fund
Maximum sales charge (load) as a % of offering price
Maximum deferred sales charge as a % of purchase or sales price, whichever is less
Class A
5.75% none [1]
Class B
none 5.00%
Class C
none 1.00%
Class I
none none
Class W
none none
[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months after purchase where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase as part of an investment of $1 million or more.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Expenses you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment
Annual Fund OperatIng Expenses ING Global Opportunities Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class I
Class W
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Services (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% 1.00% none none
Administrative Fees 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Other Expenses 0.47% 0.47% 0.47% 0.41% 0.47%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.73% 2.48% 2.48% 1.42% 1.48%
Waivers and Reimbursements [2] (0.21%) (0.21%) (0.21%) (0.35%) (0.21%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Waivers and Reimbursements 1.52% 2.27% 2.27% 1.07% 1.27%
[1] Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses may be higher than the Fund's ratio of expenses to average net assets shown in the Fund's Financial Highlights, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
[2] The adviser is contractually obligated to limit expenses to 1.50%, 2.25%, 2.25%, 1.15%, and 1.25% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class I, and Class W shares, respectively, through March 1, 2013. The obligation will automatically renew for one-year terms unless it is terminated by the Fund or the adviser upon written notice within 90 days of the end of the current term or upon termination of the advisory agreement and is subject to possible recoupment by the adviser within three years. Additionally, the adviser is contractually obligated to further limit expenses to 1.05% for Class I shares through March 1, 2013. There is no guarantee this obligation will continue after March 1, 2013 and the obligation will continue only if the adviser elects to renew it. Any fees waived pursuant to this obligation shall be eligible for recoupment. These obligations do not extend to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.

Expense Examples $

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples show costs if you sold (redeemed) your shares at the end of the period or continued to hold them. The Examples also assume that your investment had a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example ING Global Opportunities Fund (USD $)
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Class A
721 1,069 1,441 2,482
Class B
730 1,053 1,502 2,615
Class C
330 753 1,302 2,800
Class I
109 415 743 1,672
Class W
129 447 788 1,750
Expense Example, No Redemption ING Global Opportunities Fund (USD $)
1 Yr
3 Yrs
5 Yrs
10 Yrs
Class A
721 1,069 1,441 2,482
Class B
230 753 1,302 2,615
Class C
230 753 1,302 2,800
Class I
109 415 743 1,672
Class W
129 447 788 1,750
The Examples reflect applicable expense limitation agreements and/or waivers in effect, if any, for the one-year period and the first year of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods.
Portfolio Turnover % of average value of portfolio

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transactions costs and may mean higher taxes if you are investing in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Examples, affect the Fund’s performance.

During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 67% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies in the United States and foreign countries. The Fund will normally invest in equity securities of companies located in a number of different countries, one of which may be the United States. The Fund can invest, without limit, in countries with developing or emerging markets. The Fund does not limit its investments to companies in any particular market capitalization range.

The equity securities in which the Fund may invest include common and preferred stocks, depositary receipts, convertible securities, rights, and warrants.

The Fund may also invest in debt securities of U.S. or foreign issuers, including up to 10% of its assets in high risk and high-yield, non-investment-grade instruments commonly known as “junk bonds.” The Fund may use derivatives including, but not limited to, futures, options, swaps, and forward contracts for hedging and non-hedging purposes. The Fund may use derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part of a strategy to reduce risk, such as interest rate risk, currency risk, and price risk. The Fund may also invest in Rule 144A Securities.

The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and exemptive orders thereunder (“1940 Act”).

The sub-adviser (“Sub-Adviser”) uses a fundamental bottom-up stock selection process within a proprietary top-down investment theme framework to select those stocks that the Sub-Adviser expects to offer attractive return prospects. The investment process aims to identify a sufficient number of attractive global investment themes and to diversify investments across these themes to support a balanced risk/return profile of the overall portfolio. These global investment themes describe the different drivers that are behind the earnings growth potential of individual stocks and reflect longer term developments in the real economy.

The Sub-Adviser considers companies with above-average earnings potential, companies that are dominant within their industry, companies within industries that are undergoing dramatic change and companies that are market leaders in developing industries. Other considerations include expected levels of inflation, government policies or actions, currency relationships and prospects for economic growth in a country or region.

The Sub-Adviser may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into opportunities believed to be more promising, among others.

The Fund may lend portfolio securities on a short-term or long-term basis, up to 331 / 3 % of its assets.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

You could lose money on an investment in the Fund. Any of the following risks, among others, could affect Fund performance or cause the Fund to lose money or to underperform market averages of other funds.

Call During periods of falling interest rates, a bond issuer may “call” or repay its high-yielding bond before the bond’s maturity date. If forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, the Fund would experience a decline in income.

Company The price of a given company’s stock could decline or underperform for many reasons including, among others, poor management, financial problems, or business challenges. If a company declares bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, its stock could become worthless.

Convertible Securities Convertible securities are securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common stocks at a stated price or rate. Convertible securities are subject to the usual risks associated with debt securities, such as interest rate and credit risk. In addition, because convertible securities react to changes in the value of the stocks into which they convert, they are subject to market risk.

Credit Prices of bonds and other debt securities can fall if the issuer’s actual or perceived financial health deteriorates, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late in paying interest or principal, or could fail to pay altogether. Lower quality securities (including securities that have fallen below investment-grade and are classified as “junk bonds”) have greater credit risk and liquidity risk than higher quality (investment-grade) securities, and their issuers’ long-term ability to make payments is considered speculative. Prices of lower quality bonds or other debt securities are also more volatile, are more sensitive to negative news about the economy or the issuer, and have greater liquidity and price volatility risk.

Currency To the extent that the Fund invests directly in foreign currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged.

Derivative Instruments Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in interest rates and liquidity risk. The use of certain derivatives may also have a leveraging effect which may increase the volatility of the Fund and reduce its returns.

Foreign Investments/Developing and Emerging Markets Investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to smaller markets, differing reporting, accounting and auditing standards, and nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, foreign currency fluctuations, currency blockage, or political changes or diplomatic developments. Foreign investment risks typically are greater in developing and emerging markets than in developed markets.

High-Yield Securities Investments rated below investment-grade (or of similar quality if unrated) are known as “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds.” High-yield securities are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risks. High-yield securities are considered primarily speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments.

Interest Rate With bonds and other fixed rate debt securities, a rise in interest rates generally causes values to fall; conversely, values generally rise as interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the security, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk.

Liquidity If a security is illiquid, the Fund might be unable to sell the security at a time when the Fund’s manager might wish to sell, and the security could have the effect of decreasing the overall level of the Fund’s liquidity. Further, the lack of an established secondary market may make it more difficult to value illiquid securities, which could vary from the amount the Fund could realize upon disposition. The Fund may make investments that become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perception. The Fund could lose money if it cannot sell a security at the time and price that would be most beneficial to the Fund.

Market Stock prices may be volatile and are affected by the real or perceived impacts of such factors as economic conditions and political events. The stock market tends to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods. From time to time, the stock market may not favor the growth- or value-oriented securities in which the Fund invests. Rather, the market could favor securities to which the Fund is not exposed or may not favor equities at all.

Market Capitalization Stocks fall into three broad market capitalization categories - large, mid, and small. Investing primarily in one category carries the risk that, due to current market conditions, that category may be out of favor with investors. If valuations of large-capitalization companies appear to be greatly out of proportion to the valuations of mid- or small-capitalization companies, investors may migrate to the stocks of mid- and small-sized companies causing the Fund that invests in these companies to increase in value more rapidly than a fund that invests in larger, fully-valued companies. Investing in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be subject to special risks associated with narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, smaller management groups, and a more limited trading market for their stocks as compared with larger companies. As a result, stocks of mid- and small-capitalization companies may decline significantly in market downturns.

Other Investment Companies The main risk of investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, is the risk that the value of the securities underlying an investment company might decrease. Because the Fund may invest in other investment companies, you will pay a proportionate share of the expenses of that other investment company (including management fees, administration fees, and custodial fees) in addition to the expenses of the Fund.

Securities Lending Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security in a timely manner.

An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows the changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year, and the table compares the Fund’s performance to the performance of a broad-based securities market index/indices for the same period. The Fund’s performance information reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the period presented. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s Class A shares. Sales charges are not reflected in the bar chart. If they were, returns would be less than those shown. However, the table includes all applicable fees and sales charges. Other class shares’ performance would be higher or lower than Class A shares’ performance because of the higher or lower expenses paid by Class A shares. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. For the most recent performance figures, go to www.INGFunds.com/literature or call 1-800-992-0180.
Calendar Year Total Returns Class A
(as of December 31 of each year)
Bar Chart
Best quarter: 2nd 2009, 19.68% and Worst quarter: 3rd 2008, (21.51)%
Average Annual Total Returns%
(for the periods ended December 31, 2011)
Average Annual Total Returns ING Global Opportunities Fund
1 Yr
5 Yrs
Since Inception
Inception Date
Class A before taxes
(19.00%) (7.35%) 4.24% Jul. 01, 2003
Class A After tax on distributions
(18.90%) (7.52%) 3.95%  
Class A After tax on distributions with sale
(12.25%) (5.85%) 3.73%  
Class A MSCI ACW Index℠
[1] (7.35%) (1.93%) 6.35% [2]  
Class B before taxes
(18.94%) (7.31%) 3.84% Jul. 08, 2003
Class B MSCI ACW Index℠
[1] (7.35%) (1.93%) 6.35% [2]  
Class C before taxes
(15.59%) (6.96%) 3.89% Jul. 07, 2003
Class C MSCI ACW Index℠
[1] (7.35%) (1.93%) 6.35% [2]  
Class I before taxes
(13.65%) (5.89%) 4.72% Sep. 08, 2003
Class I MSCI ACW Index℠
[1] (7.35%) (1.93%) 5.91% [2]  
Class W before taxes
(14.02%)    (8.64%) Feb. 12, 2008
Class W MSCI ACW Index℠
[1] (7.35%)    (3.08%) [2]  
[1] The index returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but do not reflect fees, brokerage commissions, or other expenses.
[2] Reflects index performance since the date closest to the Class' inception for which data is available.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. In some cases the after-tax returns may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only. After-tax returns for other classes will vary.