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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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Keep it in the family

Andy Kirby goes through the benefits of family partnership arrangements as part of estate planning.

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Time to make a difference

Martin Palmer looks at changing retirement patterns and asks how it will affect people's retirement planning.

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A new approach to advice

A recent report issued by AIFA and Prudential highlighted the growing importance of the decumulation market and the issue of ensuring people access the best advice. Helen Morrissey takes a look at some of the key findings.

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A more enhanced option

Helen Morrissey talks to a panel of industry experts about what the future holds for the annuity market.

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Freedom to choose

Mike Morrison assesses the pros and cons of scheme pension.

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Income

Annuitisation - friend or foe?

In the first of our new series of comment pieces, Helen Morrissey and David Stevenson give their views on annuitisation.

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Taking control of retirement income

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Bridging Loans

Meeting customer needs

Keith Haggart tells us about Prudential's Lifetime Mortgage and the choices available to customers

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Lifestyle choice

Nigel Hare-Scott talks us through Home & Capital's home reversion plan and highlights the benefits it can bring to the retiree

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Annuity expectations

Scott Brown takes a look at some of the issues facing the annuity market and discusses the importance of shopping around for the best rates

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