ING’s OneAnswer adds five new funds

ING’s flagship investment platform, OneAnswer, today announced the addition of five new funds that cover a range of investment strategies including income, global emerging markets and socially responsible investment options.

The addition of these funds responds to adviser and investor requests for high quality funds specific to these areas.

The new funds are:

• OptiMix Global Emerging Markets Shares
• Goldman Sachs JB Were Income Plus
• Challenger Australian Share Income
• AMP Capital Responsible Investment Leaders Australian Shares
• AMP Capital Responsible Investment Leaders International Shares

“The addition of these five funds on the OneAnswer platform gives investors more choice through a more diverse range of funds across all asset classes and leading investment managers,” said David Kan, ING acting Executive Director for Personal Investments.

“OneAnswer has recorded a significant increase in flows over the last year [Jun 06 to Jun 07], growing funds under administration by 33% [or $4.9 billion], these new funds will drive further flows to the platform.

“The OptiMix Global Emerging Markets Shares Fund was developed by the OptiMix investment team and is exclusive to OneAnswer and PortfolioOne. We have had a lot of feedback requesting emerging markets funds and a quality manage-the-manager fund is a great way to access this segment,” said Mr Kan.

ING OneAnswer offers over 75 investment funds from more than 20 investment managers.