The ING Investor Dashboard survey measures and tracks investor sentiment and behaviour of mass affluent investors each quarter from 12 Asia Pacific markets including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and Australia.  Each market covered by the survey is assigned an investor sentiment score ranging from 0 (the least optimistic) to 200 (the most optimistic).   

It is the first quarterly survey in Asia Pacific which provides a specific industry benchmark for pan-Asia (ex-Japan) investor sentiment.  Each quarter, the pan-Asia ING Investor Dashboard sentiment index is also developed as part of the survey.  The pan-Asia sentiment index is derived from the median sentiment index scores of 10 of the Asian markets including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand (excludes Japan and Australia).  

The ING Investor Dashboard was launched in Asia Pacific following the success of ING's Investor Barometer in Europe.  The Investor Barometer is published regularly in the Netherlands and Belgium to gauge the confidence of private investors. It is considered an authoritative measure of the sentiment of private investors and is closely followed by key players in the European financial industry. 
 
The respondents are aged 30 years and above, and have disposable assets or investments of US$100,000 and above, with the exception of Indonesia (disposable assets or investments of US$60,000 and above) and the Philippines (disposable assets or investments of US$60,000 or monthly income of Php 200, 000 and above).

The survey is conducted by international and independent research firm Nielsen.