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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

Income

Webb puts annuity reform on top of post-election wish list

Pensions minister Steve Webb has put annuity reform at the top of his wish list should he remain in post after the election.

clock 16 October 2014 •

Pensions

Inquiry: Auto-enrolment - The impact on advice

In this month's Retirement Planner Inquiry Helen Morrissey looks at auto-enrolment and whether it will push people towards financial advice.

clock 13 October 2014 •

Pensions

Five stories you might have missed

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

clock 07 October 2014 •

Pensions

Prudential launches retirement modelling tool

Prudential has launched an online modelling tool aimed at giving customers more clarity on their retirement planning.

clock 02 October 2014 •

Pensions

RP poll: Do pension death tax changes spell the end for annuities?

In this week's RP quick fire poll we ask if the abolition of the 55% pension death tax is a further nail in the coffin of the annuity market.

clock 30 September 2014 •

Retirement

RP readers get 20% discount on Henry Stewart retirement conference

Retirement Planner readers will get a 20% discount on the Henry Stewart SIPPs and Retirement Options conference.

clock 30 September 2014 •

Your profession

RP: Start-up businesses are worth a closer look

Advising start-up businesses might not seem to be top of many advisers' to-do lists as many aspiring entrepreneurs are low on cash and may feel they are unable to pay advisory fees. However, they are a group deserving of a closer look.

clock 17 September 2014 •

Pensions

U-turns and sky-high fees: A tale of two FOS decisions

Two recent Financial Ombudsman decisions are crucial reading for the SIPP industry. Fiona Murphy looks at the issues.

clock 17 September 2014 •

Income

Case Study: Post Budget advice

In this case study David Trenner looks at some of the advice issues brought up by the Budget.

clock 17 September 2014 •

Your profession

Advising entrepreneurs

Helen Morrissey talks to Addidi Wealth Management's Anna Sofat about her work with entrepreneurs

clock 17 September 2014 •