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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

Defined Contribution

Can signposting drive informed retirement decision making?

As the industry gets to grips with freedom and choice Helen Morrissey asks if signposting members to good quality retirement products can fuel informed decision making.

clock 15 February 2016 • 4 min read

Investment

Fixing LDI: Should we look to the US?

Rupert Brindley asks whether US players can bring a new approach to LDI.

clock 12 February 2016 • 3 min read

Defined Contribution

How secure are your DC assets?

Barry Parr highlights the importance of DC trustees having a greater understanding of the security of their assets.

clock 12 February 2016 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

Saving Incentives from a hike in taxes

Jane Fuller looks at the issues around tax relief.

clock 12 February 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Contribution

Master trusts and the problems they pose

The master trust market has grown rapidly in recent years but does face challenges says Daniel Shaw and Alison Guy.

clock 11 February 2016 • 4 min read

Law and Regulation

We need a co-ordinated approach to pension fraud

TPR needs back up from other parties to really get to grips with pension fraud says Helen Morrissey.

clock 09 February 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

Calculating the cost of Brexit

While many hope a Brexit can be avoided the result is currently too close to call. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of a decision to leave the EU.

clock 08 February 2016 • 5 min read

Industry

The need for more transparency

Jonathan Stapleton attended the second Transparency Symposium, held in London last week, to hear about the steps being taken to improve transparency.

clock 08 February 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Contribution

DC code can make a difference

Darren Philp takes a look at TPR’s draft DC code.

clock 05 February 2016 • 4 min read

Industry

TPR teams up with FCA to consider pension dashboard shift

Jonathan Stapleton hears from The Pensions Regulator chief executive Lesley Titcomb about why we need a technological shift in pensions.

clock 04 February 2016 • 3 min read
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