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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

Schemes urged to think twice before divesting

Pension funds need to consider alternative approaches before deciding to divest from areas such as fossil fuels according to three major schemes.

clock 10 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

PLSA launches DB taskforce

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has launched a taskforce to tackle the problems faced by defined benefit (DB) schemes.

clock 10 March 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Financial Assistance Scheme to close on 1 September

The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) has announced it is to close and has issued a final call for potentially eligible schemes to get in contact.

clock 09 March 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Does Brexit matter for pensions?

Rosalind Connor reflects on whether Brexit will have an impact on UK pension legislation.

clock 08 March 2016 • 3 min read

Admin / Technology

Privacy rules offer safe passage in ocean of big data

Ruaraidh Thomas believes forthcoming changes to data regulation bring opportunities for providers to get to know their customers better.

clock 08 March 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Contribution

What does the future hold for DC pension governance?

Fiona Matthews looks at the industry’s key governance concerns.

clock 08 March 2016 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

Osborne move on tax relief is only a temporary reprieve

As the chancellor announced plans to drop pension tax reform Helen Morrissey says the discussion is far from over.

clock 08 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Why can't actuaries make their minds up?

John Gray asks why agreement can’t be made on appropriate discount rates for the LGPS

clock 07 March 2016 • 3 min read

Admin / Technology

Will the end of contracting out cause transfer chaos?

The end of contracting out could bring transfers to a stuttering halt finds Helen Morrissey.

clock 07 March 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Understanding market turmoil

Saker Nusseibeh looks at why we have seen so much market volatility this year.

clock 03 March 2016 • 3 min read
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