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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

Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

clock 30 November 2011 •

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Could SIPP investment in infrastructure help boost UK economy?

Self invested pension plans (SIPPs) could take a leaf out of the institutional book, by investing in the UK's infrastructure, say Rowanmoor Pensions.

clock 29 November 2011 •

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Key reasons to buy commercial property with a SIPP

Carl Lamb outlines the benefits of purchasing commercial property in a SIPP

clock 29 November 2011 •

Income

Reaching age 75 could force drawdown provider switch

Pensioners may be forced to move drawdown provider as many are behind legislative changes, says Hargreaves Lansdown.

clock 25 November 2011 •

Long Term Care

SOLLA chief tells House of Lords: Financial services want Dilnot care-cap

Dilnot was backed by the House of Lords yesterday, as Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) president Lord Lipsey warned the report's care cost cap proposals were in "danger of going down the pan."

clock 25 November 2011 •

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Public equity release optimism doubles

Equity Release Solicitor's Alliance (ERSA) has found the percentage of people considering using their home as a retirement asset, rose from 20% to 38% over the past 12 months.

clock 24 November 2011 •

Regulation

Advisers confident for RDR but concerned by profits

IFAs are positive about post- RDR developments but uneasy about the bottom line, an Aviva survey has revealed.

clock 24 November 2011 •

Retiring Abroad

Kleinwort Benson launches Guernsey QNUPS

Kleinwort Benson has launched a new offshore annuity trust: the COPIA+ Guernsey Retirement Plan.

clock 23 November 2011 •

Income

RP poll: Where will we see growth in the annuity market?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we asked: Where do you see the main areas of growth in the annuity market?

clock 23 November 2011 •

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Estate planning for expats can be easy, not taxing

With increasing numbers of people retiring abroad, Fiona Murphy looks at the risks and asks how advisers are tackling estate planning issues for expatriates

clock 22 November 2011 •