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September 27, 2013


VIA EDGAR


U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.  20549


Re:

ING Equity Trust (“Registrant”)

SEC File Nos. 333-56881; 811-8817


Ladies and Gentlemen:


Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“1933 Act”) this is to certify that the Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information that would be filed pursuant to 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on September 25, 2013.


Please contact Jay Stamper at (480) 477-2660 or the undersigned at (480) 477-2649 if you have any questions or comments.  


Very truly yours,



/s/ Paul A. Caldarelli        

Paul A. Caldarelli

Vice President and Senior Counsel

ING Investment Management – ING Funds



cc:

Huey P. Falgout, Jr., Esq.

ING Investments, LLC


Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.

Dechert LLP