Regions

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

EUROPE - The European Parliament has voted on standards to make supplementary pensions transferable between companies and EU countries.

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

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.

CHINA - The Social Security Fund (SSF) may purchase a stake in China Southern Power Grid, which is the smaller of the two state power transmission companies, according to reports.

GLOBAL - MSCI Barra's new plans for the transition of two global equity indices have been slammed by HSBC and competitor FTSE as costly for fund managers and a step back for the provider.

EUROPE - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has launched a European Financial Strategy Group consisting of experts in funding, accounting and investment strategy to advise on pensions risk management.