Global

INCLUDING: SWEDEN - Aon chief departs, US - Goldman Sachs to lose investment head, US - SEC hunts out "terrorist supporters", UK - Gartmore new distribution chief, UK - Boutique big business, NETHERLANDS, AZL turns fiduciary, EUROPE - ECJ court case could...

INCLUDING: NETHERLANDS - ABN Amro saga rumbles on, UK - AXA IM launches currency fund, NETHERLANDS -ABP sorts out trades, CANADA - Actuaries call for change.

GLOBAL - Mercer Investment Consulting (Mercer IC) experienced a drop in the number of manager searches it conducted in Europe excluding the UK, as well as in the US, during 2006, but denied any loss of business.

GLOBAL - Global alternative assets managed by the largest 99 pension fund alternatives managers in the world now stand at just under US$600bn, according to Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting.

INCLUDING: UK - Minister speaks about M&A, CANADA - Mountie finance chief steps down, UK - FTSE launches new REIT index

INCLUDING: - AUSTRALIA - Super returns outclass, GLOBAL - IASB ruling, GREECE - Bond investigator...

INCLUDING: NETHERLANDS - Aviva subsidiary buys Cyrte Investments, FRANCE - SGAM launches art fund KOREA - New Forsyth Partners' deal, UK - Consultants agree pay out

GLOBAL - A daily US$1 pension should be made available to the world's older population, according to the UN's World Economic and Social Survey 2007.

INCLUDING: AUSTRALIA - LGSS goes green, US - Call for PA state scheme, KENYA - Gov bins pension plan, COLUMBIA - Calls for more independent players

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