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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

Admin / Technology

How scheme secretaries can help schemes

Andy Mills outlines how appointing a scheme secretary can help trustee boards.

clock 06 July 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Altmann: DC needs to take lead from DB with illiquid assets

Defined contribution (DC) schemes need to take a lead from defined benefit (DB) counterparts when looking to include illiquid assets.

clock 06 July 2016 • 1 min read

Admin / Technology

Altmann: NPA situation is 'an outrage that needs to be addressed'

Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has pledged to work on net pay arrangements (NPA) that cut lower earners' pension contributions by up to 25%.

clock 06 July 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

Industry involvement in cost disclosure code is vital

Industry involvement in the development of an investment cost disclosure code is good news says Helen Morrissey.

clock 05 July 2016 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

The realities of control: Brexit, The Australian elections, pensions and financial wellness

David Harris points to various shifts that show individuals are looking to take more control over their futures.

clock 04 July 2016 • 3 min read

Industry

SPP: Helping to rebuild trust in pensions

SPP president Hugh Nolan tells Helen Morrissey how the body can provide a truly independent voice to help the industry navigate through difficult times.

clock 04 July 2016 • 8 min read

Industry

Getting to grips with Brexit

Graham Vidler looks at what Brexit might mean for UK pension schemes.

clock 01 July 2016 • 3 min read

Admin / Technology

In-house administration agreements - a recipe for success?

Robust in-house administration agreements are important in ensuring good quality service, says Carly Rees.

clock 30 June 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

PBUK: Post Brexit environment is a "world of opportunity" for investment

Schemes were urged to see the post referendum environment as a "world of opportunity" by an investment panel at PBUK.

clock 29 June 2016 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

Ombudsman: Schemes can do more to resolve complaints

Schemes can do more to speed up the resolution of complaints by implementing one-step internal dispute resolution procedures according to the Pensions Ombudsman.

clock 29 June 2016 • 1 min read
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