From government criticism to securities lending, and global expansions - here is the first part of our countdown of the most popular features on www.globalpensions.com in 2010.

DENMARK - ATP investment chief Bjarne Graven Larsen is leaving the Danish pension fund to join FIH Erhvervsbank as chief executive officer.

US pension funds are showing renewed interest in global equities, Jaishree Kalia reports.

FRANCE - Fonds de reserve pour les retraites (FRR) has put a series of fixed income mandates out to tender.

SPAIN - Spain needs an "urgent" overhaul of its pension system and may have to raise taxes to tame the euro-region's third-biggest deficit and avoid a jump in corporate borrowing costs, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said.

Legg Mason; VicSuper; CalPERS; First Allied Securities; GLG Partners; State Street Corporation.

RBC completes BlueBay acquisition; State Street custody hire, Canada's OTPP invests in renewables

US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) terminated BlackRock from a $1.6bn Russell 1000 Alpha Tilts large cap portfolio.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

NETHERLANDS - ING Groep NV's Dutch pension fund's coverage ratio rose from 115% to 116% in November due to rising interest rates.