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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

Pensions

Five retirement stories you might have missed

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

clock 13 May 2014 •

Income

Steve Webb confirmed as keynote speaker for Retirement Planner Forum

Pensions minister Steve Webb has been confirmed as keynote speaker for the Retirement Planner Forum.

clock 06 May 2014 •

Income

Pension schemes urged to develop in-house income drawdown services

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has urged schemes to develop in-house income drawdown propositions rather than forcing members into the retail market.

clock 30 April 2014 •

Income

Scottish Widows video: Life feels better with a plan

Retirement Planner editor Helen Morrissey spoke to Scottish Widows' Ronnie Taylor and Richard Jones about retirement planning

clock 24 April 2014 •

Income

Inquiry: What advisers really think about the Budget

Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry on the recent Budget and finds an advisory market (mostly) cheered by radical reforms.

clock 17 April 2014 •

Income

A focus on income drawdown

The Budget has been described as the death knell for annuities and a welcome boost for income drawdown. Barry O Sullivan looks at how the rules change the face of the pensions market and what should an adviser's strategy be going forward?

clock 17 April 2014 •

Pensions

What have personal pensions learned from ISAs?

While the amount of flexibility available in pensions has increased since the Budget is there room for more? Neil MacGillivray looks to the ISA world for inspiration.

clock 17 April 2014 •

Pensions

SIPPs: The challenges and opportunities

The SIPP market recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Ray Chinn takes a look at the opportunities and challenges that exist within the market.

clock 17 April 2014 •

Estate planning

Become a shareholder as part of IHT planning

Susan Midha takes a look at some more unusual ways of mitigating an inheritance tax liability

clock 17 April 2014 •

Pensions

The lifetime allowance and pension protection opportunities

Nigel Hatt looks at the protection opportunities for those in danger of breaching the lifetime allowance.

clock 17 April 2014 •