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ING, the largest Dutch financial services group, is to cut 2,350 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, as it prepares to separate its banking and insurance operations in difficult markets.ING, the largest Dutch financial services group, is to cut 2,350 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, as it prepares to separate its banking and insurance operations in difficult markets.
ING also said on Wednesday it made a third-quarter net profit of €609m (£490m), compared with a forecast for €872m in a Reuters poll. ING also said on Wednesday that it had made a third-quarter net profit of €609m (£490m), compared with a forecast for €872m in a Reuters poll.
It is divesting insurance and investment management operations and other assets through disposals or stock market listings as it prepares to repay state aid received in 2008 and bolster its capital.It is divesting insurance and investment management operations and other assets through disposals or stock market listings as it prepares to repay state aid received in 2008 and bolster its capital.
The group, which employed 94,000 people at the end of June, said it was to cut 1,350 jobs at its European insurance operations and 1,000 at commercial banking. The group, which employed 94,000 people at the end of June, said it was to cut 1,350 jobs at its European insurance operations and 1,000 in commercial banking.
"As we work to solidify strong standalone futures for bank and insurance, we are taking steps to increase our agility in this uncertain environment," chief executive Jan Hommen said. "As we work to solidify strong standalone futures for bank and insurance, we are taking steps to increase our agility in this uncertain environment," its chief executive, Jan Hommen, said.
The job cuts come after Swiss bank UBS announced last month it was to cut 10,000 staff and wind down its fixed income business. The job cuts come after the Swiss bank UBS announced last month it was to cut 10,000 staff and wind down its fixed income business.
ING last year announced it was to cut 2,700 jobs, or 10% of staff, at its Dutch retail banking operations in the face of deteriorating markets, following similar measures at Dutch rivals ABN Amro and Rabobank. ING said last year that it was to cut 2,700 jobs, or 10% of staff, at its Dutch retail banking operations in the face of deteriorating markets, following similar measures at Dutch rivals ABN Amro and Rabobank.
The Dutch central bank said last year banks were inefficient compared with foreign rivals and it saw room to cut costs. The Dutch central bank said last year that its banks were inefficient compared with foreign rivals and it saw room to cut costs.
ING's dismantling process, which ends the once fashionable bancassurer model it started in 1991, is part of a deal with the European commission in return for being allowed €10bn state aid in 2008, and other help.ING's dismantling process, which ends the once fashionable bancassurer model it started in 1991, is part of a deal with the European commission in return for being allowed €10bn state aid in 2008, and other help.