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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

Investment

Almary Green: Pensions regime needs continuity not more change

The government needs to stop making changes to the pension regime according to Almary Green.

clock 09 July 2013 •

Pensions

Carey Pensions: What's next for the SIPP market?

Retirement Planner editor Helen Morrissey talks to Carey Pensions CEO Christine Hallett about the challenges faced by the SIPP market

clock 02 July 2013 •

Income

Scottish Widows enters enhanced annuity market

Scottish Widows is launching an enhanced annuity product.

clock 27 June 2013 •

Equity release

Equity release: The key considerations

Chris Prior highlights the issues advisers need to discuss with clients considering equity release

clock 25 June 2013 •

Technology

The growth of D2C platforms

Natanje Holt asks whether the growth of the D2C platform market is one benefit from RDR

clock 25 June 2013 •

Investment

Phoenix Group sees 340% rise in suspected pension liberation

Phoenix Group has seen a 340% rise in requests to transfer pensions to suspected pension liberation companies in the past three months.

clock 24 June 2013 •

Income

TPR: Industry must do more to support members' retirement income choice

The industry must do more to support employees making retirement income decisions says The Pension Regulator's chairman Michael O'Higgins.

clock 13 June 2013 •

RDR

RDR could hit workplace pension scheme engagement - Capita

The shift towards fees brought about by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) could lead to a reduction in pension scheme member engagement, according to Capita's head of DC Paul Sturgess.

clock 12 June 2013 •

Investment

IFAs branded 'parasites' by pension consultant

Independent financial advisers were described as "parasites" by a consultant at the Pensions and Benefits Show.

clock 12 June 2013 •

Technology

Re-registration - where are we now?

Paul Pettitt looks at where the industry is with re-registration of assets and where it could be by the year-end.

clock 11 June 2013 •