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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

How will the new state pension fit the future pension landscape?

With the start date for the single tier state pension drawing closer Malcolm McLean looks at how it will fit in the wider pension landscape.

clock 17 March 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Benefit

Making sure scheme transfers go smoothly

The end of contracting out can bring challenges to schemes looking to transfer a pension scheme. Mike Ramsey looks at how schemes can prepare.

clock 17 March 2016 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

What has A-Day taught us?

As the ten year anniversary of A-Day approaches Ian Price looks at the lessons learned

clock 16 March 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Contribution

Small employers are cutting it fine with auto-enrolment

Greg Nicholls points to common auto-enrolment planning errors

clock 16 March 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Contribution

Budget 2016: Government to consult on Pension Advice Allowance

The government is to consult on introducing a Pension Advice Allowance to enable members to withdraw money from defined contribution (DC) pensions to fund financial advice.

clock 16 March 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

How bias affects decision making

Jeremy Lang looks at how bias can lead different parties to take very different approaches to risk.

clock 16 March 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Schemes must engage on climate change

Pension schemes must engage with the shift towards de-carbonisation by investing in environmentally friendly infrastructure according to a leading figure.

clock 14 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Ruston Smith: understanding member needs key to effective defaults

Understanding members' retirement objectives is key to ensuring default strategies remain fit for purpose according to Tesco group pensions director Ruston Smith.

clock 11 March 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Schemes should not rely on modelling tools when assessing risk

Pension schemes have been urged not to rely too much on models when assessing the probability of extreme events affecting portfolios.

clock 10 March 2016 • 1 min read

Law and Regulation

Improving efficiency could net investors £37.5bn over 30 years

Improving market effectiveness and competition could net investors an extra £37.5bn in returns over 30 years according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) interim chief executive Tracey McDermott.

clock 10 March 2016 • 1 min read
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