The latest articles written by 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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Pensions

Will people cash in their pensions?

Cashing in your pension sounds better in theory than in practice, says Mike Ferguson of pension provider Barnett Waddingham.

17 April 2014 •

Pensions

The pros and cons of DB to DC transfers

The ability for DC members to be able to take their pension as a cash lump sum could lead to a raft of requests from DB members to transfer to a DC arrangement. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of such a move and asks how schemes should communicate...

17 April 2014 •

Income

Game changer: What does the Budget mean for advisers?

Fiona Murphy asks: What do the sweeping changes introduced in the Budget mean for financial advisers?

17 April 2014 •

Pensions

'Word 'retirement' is almost inappropriate': A Q&A with APFA's Chris Hannant

Why APFA's Chris Hannant thinks the word 'retirement' is almost inappropriate after Budget 2014

17 April 2014 •

Income

The Budget: Keep calm and carry on

I've been through A-Day, ASP, auto-enrolment and THAT last-minute decision that residential property should not be included in a SIPP. But never have I seen anything quite like the Budget.

17 April 2014 •

Retirement

RP Poll: Can insurers deliver Budget guidance service?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask if you believe the insurance industry is able to deliver the Chancellor's "retirement advice for all" pledge.

08 April 2014 •