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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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'Tipping point' in annuity options for Middle Britain - Burrows

The annuity market faces a ‘tipping point' as more ‘Middle Britain' savers could benefit from alternative retirement options, warns a new report.

clock 20 April 2013 •

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Providers split over benefits of RDR

Product providers are split on whether RDR is having a positive effect on their business according to research from Dunstan Thomas.

clock 19 April 2013 •

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OMO: The opportunities

As the industry gets to grips with the ABI's code of conduct on shopping around Stephen Lowe looks at the opportunities for advisers.

clock 16 April 2013 •

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LV= retirement and protection business grows 15%

LV= retirement and protection businesses both achieved 15% growth in 2012 according to its latest results.

clock 09 April 2013 •

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Where will people get annuity information?

In this Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask where you think people will go to access information about retirement income options such as annuities.

clock 05 April 2013 •

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OMO: Will we see a two-tier system?

As the new ABI code of conduct comes into force Stephen Lowe looks at the issues surrounding promoting the open market option.

clock 05 April 2013 •

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Wealth at Work offering retirement service to SAGA members

Wealth at Work is working with SAGA to provide a retirement income service to members.

clock 25 March 2013 •

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Budget 2013: GAD to review income drawdown tables

The government has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department to review income drawdown tables.

clock 20 March 2013 •

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Scottish Widows on the spot-retirement income

Scottish Widows' participation plans for the annuities market in 2013.

clock 07 March 2013 •

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FINANCIAL appoints Aspire to retire for non advice annuity service

Aspire to retire has signed up to provide the 400+ members of the FINANCIAL network with a non-advised annuity service.

clock 04 March 2013 •