ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by ING Investments, LLC. It is co-managed by ING Investment Management Advisors B.V. The fund invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of companies across all capitalizations usually above $1 billion. It employs a quantitative analysis stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against MSCI World Index. ING Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund was formed on March 28, 2005 and is domiciled in the United States.