INCLUDING: EUROPE - ING buy Turkish bank, ASIA - Philippine SSS sells San Miguel, EUROPE - Stenham FuM reaches US$2bn

UK - AXA Rosenberg has scooped a £345m (US$684m) mandate from The Pensions Trust.

THE ROYAL Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has outsourced its pensions administration to Capita Hartshead in a deal worth nearly £200,000.

US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has called for the resignation of CVS/Corporation director Roger Headrick.

THE £2.2BN Cheshire County Council Pension Fund has gone out to tender for a fund manager to run a £330m active bond brief.

THE REGISTRATION process for the 8th annual Professional Pensions Show - to be held at Excel in London on November 21 and 22 - is now open.

INCLUDING: IRELAND - New IAPF chairman, AUSTRALIA - Australian supers push for better value beta, NORWAY - RREEF joins up with Fazenda, ITALY - €1.3bn poured into Italian pensions, KOREA - ING grabs Landmark.

CANADA/AUSTRALIA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is plotting to buy a significant stake in Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL).

KKR close to deal on Boots pensions; Pensions warning to ICI bidder; Funds pile into passive strategies; Pensions overtake wealthy on hedge funds

MEXICO - Laws intended to reign in the defined contribution (DC) pension system and the transfer market were brought in by the government on Friday.