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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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Pension Planning for High Earners

The Finance Act 2010 was rushed through, before parliament was dissolved ahead of the general election. The new act includes clauses about extending the special allowance charge on pension contributions. Jeremy Pearson explains

clock 04 May 2010 •

Investment

The Big Interview: Peter Carter

Helen Morrissey talks to MetLife's Peter Carter about how the business is developing

clock 29 April 2010 •

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Annuity Exchange launches enhanced annuity system

clock 16 April 2010 •

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Partnership targets small pension pots with online tool

Partnership has launched an online solution to help advisers find the best annuities for clients retiring with funds below £30,000.

clock 16 April 2010 •

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The Big Interview

Helen Morrissey talks to Nigel Orange about how the recently introduced Guaranteed Retirement Plan will add another dimension to people's financial planning

clock 25 March 2010 •

Income

Unlocking choice

Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for the fixed term annuity market

clock 25 March 2010 •

Income

The Big Interview: Mark Stopard

Helen Morrissey talks to Mark Stopard about Sun Life Financial of Canada's acquisition of Lincoln Financial and how they will look to develop the variable annuity market

clock 25 February 2010 •

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The way forward

Retirement Planner editor Helen Morrissey recently chaired an online Conjecture debate on the SIPP market. Advisers were encouraged to put their views to a panel of industry experts on how they feel the SIPP market is developing

clock 24 February 2010 • 17 min read

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Stepping into a life of ease

Helping retirees to get the best income possible from their small pension pots is proving to be a real challenge for the industry. Helen Morrissey takes a look at the options available

clock 03 February 2010 •

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Opportunity won't knock forever

Recent research from Prudential shows nearly half of 45 to 49 year-olds and two-fifths of 50 to 54 year-olds are unaware of the rise in the minimum retirement age from 50 to 55 which comes into effect on 6 April this year. Colin Simmons highlights the...

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