2001 has been a year of change for Charterhouse Securities and we are now safely integrated into the ING Group - one of the world's leading financial institutions. With offices in 90 countries we now benefit from being part of a truly global company. With over 110,000 employees and some £336bn assets under management, ING Group seeks to provide a full range of integrated financial services to personal, corporate and institutional clients through a variety of distribution channels. Our main focus continues to be the delivery of a specialist UK stockbroking service encompassing high quality equity research, respected sales and dealing teams together with market-making in selected stocks.

ING Barings Charterhouse Securities is delighted to sponsor the Discerning Eye Exhibition for the third consecutive year. The exhibition forms part of ING Group's broad commitment to the arts across the world and we are grateful for the recognition from Arts & Business New Partners who made us one of their award winners for the Discerning Eye 2000 Exhibition.

Discerning Eye continues to be one of the most important exhibitions in the UK and we very much appreciate the importance of its dedication to individuality and excellence - two of the key characteristics that we strive to deliver to our own clients.