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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

Your profession

Gill Cardy - Staying independent

Fiona Murphy speaks to the IFA Centre's managing director Gill Cardy about the benefits of independent advice.

clock 22 January 2013 •

Income

Retirement Income panel: How will those with small pensions access advice?

Dealing with small pots, access to advice and developing appropriate retirement strategies were all discussed at a retirement income panel hosted by Prudential.

clock 14 January 2013 •

Investment

RPI-linking to remain as ONS introduces new index

After consulting on options for changing Retail Prices Index, the Office for National Statistics has chosen 'none of the above' and proposed a new index to be published in parallel.

clock 10 January 2013 •

Income

RP readers get 10% discount on Henry Stewart retirement conference

Retirement Planner readers can get a 10% discount on the forthcoming Henry Stewart Retirement conference.

clock 07 January 2013 •

Investment

Where are the pensions planning opportunities?

Despite constant tinkering with pensions legislation Neil MacGillivray believes there are still opportunities.

clock 19 December 2012 •

Income

RP poll: Are baby boomers nothing to worry about?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Fears retiring baby boomers will monopolise resources and limit economic growth for future generations are "nothing to worry about", according to sociologist Frank Ferudi. Do you agree?

clock 19 December 2012 •

Income

Annuities: Compare the market?

Fiona Murphy takes a closer look at ABI proposals to publish annuity rates.

clock 19 December 2012 •

Income

Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions stories.

clock 19 December 2012 •

Your profession

Origo launches RDR compliant change of authority form

Origo has launched a new RDR compliant dual-purpose Change of Authority (COA) form, and is set to roll out a signature-less COA process early in the New Year.

clock 14 December 2012 •

Income

120% max GAD limit reinstated in Autumn Statement

Capped drawdown limits have been reinstated at 120% maximum GAD in today's Autumn statement.

clock 05 December 2012 •