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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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Riding out the wave of volatility

Simon Smallcombe looks at the importance of guarantees at times of market volatility

clock 15 December 2011 •

Pensions

Q&A: Christine Hallett

The chief executive of Carey Pensions talks to Retirement Planner about current opportunities in the SIPP market

clock 15 December 2011 •

Pensions

Q&A: Greg Kingston on SIPP due diligence

Suffolk Life's head of marketing discusses with Retirement Planner the FSA's focus on SIPP due diligence

clock 14 December 2011 •

Equity Release

A helping hand- how clients use equity release

Claire Barker goes through the results of the latest ERSA research on how clients are using equity release

clock 14 December 2011 •

RDR

A changing landscape for disclosure

Chris Read looks at changes in the disclosure landscape in the run-up to RDR with a focus on adviser charging, and asks the question: Is this all moving fast enough to get systems in place to automate these changes?

clock 14 December 2011 •

Long Term Care

RP poll: Will NHFA affect LTC advice

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask whether you think the NHFA mis-selling scandal will deter people from making long term care plans.

clock 14 December 2011 •

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Things you may not know about PCLS

Andy Zanelli takes us through the complex world of enhanced and primary PCLS protection

clock 14 December 2011 •

Long Term Care

RP poll: Are drawdown issues sparking interest in investment-linked annuities?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: With pressures on maintaining drawdown income levels is there more interest in moving to flexible investment-linked annuities?

clock 07 December 2011 •

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Ten things to know about tax free cash

Andy Zanelli goes through the issues surrounding pension commencement lump sums

clock 06 December 2011 •

Long Term Care

RP Poll: Do we need to re-focus on Dilnot?

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Lord Lipsey voiced concerns in the House of Lords last week that the Dilnot proposals "were in danger of going down the pan." Do you believe we need to refocus on the issue of long term care funding?

clock 30 November 2011 •