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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

Law and Regulation

Increased ombudsman appeal intervention has to be a good thing

Helen Morrissey asks what impact the ombudsman's decision to participate in more appeals against its decisions will have

clock 13 September 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Hermes launches direct lending strategy

Hermes Investment Management has launched a direct lending strategy with a view to launching a fund later this year.

clock 09 September 2016 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

Addressing the challenges of state pension reform

The rate at which state pension age is raised needs to be looked at more carefully says Tim Sharp.

clock 09 September 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

TPR: Trustees must wake up and smell the coffee on ESG

The Pensions Regulator has warned trustees against complacency when assessing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues within portfolios.

clock 08 September 2016 • 1 min read

Industry

What questions should trustees be able to answer if they find themselves in front of a select committee?

An appearance in front of the Work and Pensions Committee can be a gruelling experience. Darren Redmayne and Richard Farr give their tips on how to handle it

clock 06 September 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Benefit

Will DB deficits undermine economic growth?

Helen Morrissey asks if the size of DB deficits will dampen investment in UK companies.

clock 06 September 2016 • 1 min read

Industry

We need to make a stand on executive pay

Janice Turner says the debate on executive pay is now becoming mainstream.

clock 05 September 2016 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

Are UK schemes better off in or out of Europe?

Charlotte Moore looks at some of the issues that could affect UK schemes as we move towards exiting the European Union

clock 31 August 2016 • 6 min read

Defined Benefit

The storm before the calm - five ways to tackle the pension problem

Raj Mody says we need to take a different approach to tackling the crisis in pensions.

clock 30 August 2016 • 3 min read

Industry

Industry hits back at Andy Haldane's views on property v pensions

Advisers and providers alike have attacked Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane's suggestion that property is a better retirement investment than pensions.

clock 30 August 2016 • 1 min read
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