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Helen Morrissey

Helen Morrissey

Editor, Professional Pensions

Helen is editor of Professional Pensions and has twelve years' experience of writing about pensions and retirement from both a retail and institutional standpoint.

She initially joined Professional Pensions in December 2003 as a features writer and was made editor in October 2014.

In addition to her work on Professional Pensions Helen also edited Retirement Planner, a magazine aimed at independent financial advisers for eight years.

While she has written on a range of retirement related topics over the years she specialises in at and post-retirement issues. She has appeared on the BBC's Your Money programme on several occasions and appears regularly on Share Radio.

Helen holds the Pensions Management Institute's Retirement Provision Certificate (RPC).

In her spare time Helen is a keen runner with a number of half and full marathons under her belt. She is currently training for her first - and she believes her last - ultramarathon.

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Articles by Helen Morrissey

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What would you do? A case study in pension planning

If a client came to you in this situation how would you deal with them? David Trenner sets the case study and provides a model answer.

clock 12 August 2014 •

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Where are the Budget blind spots?

The flexibility unveiled in the last Budget has piqued everyone's interest. But there are important caveats, according to Alan Higham

clock 12 August 2014 •

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RP Poll: Is the pensions passport a 'win-win'?

In this week's quick fire poll we ask whether you agree with the suggestion that a pensions passport is a "win-win."

clock 29 July 2014 •

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BlackRock to repurpose target date fund range and enter drawdown market

BlackRock is working to "repurpose" its range of target date funds and introduce an income drawdown product in response to the liberalisation of defined contribution (DC) regulation.

clock 29 July 2014 •

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DB members will struggle to access advice for DC transfers

Retirees could find it difficult to access regulated financial advice when considering defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfers, according to Punter Southall.

clock 22 July 2014 •

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DB-DC transfers: The challenges

Helen Morrissey looks at the implications of the Treasury announcement on transfers

clock 21 July 2014 •

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Hoban backs MAS led 'Retirement Savers Service' for guidance guarantee

Mark Hoban has backed the Money Advice Service (MAS) to play a central role in providing the guidance guarantee.

clock 17 July 2014 •

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PA Debate Result: 75% say retirees will not make informed retirement plans

At the end of the first PA debate, Yellowtail Financial Planning's managing director Dennis Hall emerged as the clear winner as 75% of you agree that retirees could not be trusted to make their own retirement planning decisions.

clock 11 July 2014 •

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The PA Debate final day - Have you voted yet?

As we enter the final day of The PA Debate 75% of you agree with Yellowtail's Dennis Hall that we cannot expect retirees to make informed financial decisions.

clock 11 July 2014 •

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The PA Debate: Closing arguments are in - can retirees can be trusted with income decisions? Vote now!

The PA Debate into whether retirees can be expected to make informed retirement decisions has entered the fourth day with closing arguments now available online...

clock 10 July 2014 •