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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

HSBC Global Asset Management appoints head of client strategy

HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed Brian Heyworth as its global head of client strategy.

clock 04 October 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

CISI conference: Steve Webb calls for UK 'Save More Tomorrow' scheme

Steve Webb calls for a ‘Save More Tomorrow’ scheme to be put in place and legislated for in the UK

clock 04 October 2016 • 2 min read

Industry

Saving the UK's financial future - if not us, who?

Robert Gardner says the industry needs to work together to secure the UK's financial future.

clock 04 October 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Contribution

We cannot afford to make mistakes with retirement advice

Helen Morrissey says we need to look urgently at how retirees access advice and guidance.

clock 04 October 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Do we need a new approach to retirement advice?

Recent research shows DC members are exercising their retirement income flexibilities but many are doing so without advice. Helen Morrissey takes a look

clock 03 October 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Benefit

Can the PPF help SMEs survive?

Paul Duffy puts forward a radical option to help small and medium sized businesses struggling with legacy defined benefit schemes

clock 30 September 2016 • 5 min read

Industry

Are consultants meeting the needs of pension schemes?

As the consultancy market faces ever growing scrutiny Helen Morrissey asks if the current model is working for trustees and looks at how it needs to evolve

clock 30 September 2016 • 7 min read

Defined Benefit

Working to strengthen DB

Graham Vidler highlights the key difficulties faced by defined benefit schemes.

clock 29 September 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

Ex-BlackRock manager Lyttleton charged with three counts of insider dealing

Investigation pending since 2013

clock 29 September 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

PPI: Demand for retirement income advice declines among DC savers

The number of people accessing regulated advice to purchase annuity and drawdown products fell in 2015 according to this year’s Future Book.

clock 29 September 2016 • 2 min read
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