Certification of No Change in Definitive Materials. (497j)

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 [phone] or the undersigned at [phone] 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

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