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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

Where did the money go?

David Harris looks at how Australia is trying to solve the retirement income conundrum.

clock 04 February 2016 •

Industry

Trusteeship in the 21st century: A professional trustee's view

Peter Askins looks at how trusteeship could evolve in the coming years.

clock 04 February 2016 • 3 min read

Industry

How to appoint a professional trustee

Professional trustees are increasingly used on trustee boards. However, is the process used to appoint them as robust as it should be? Pádraig Floyd takes a look.

clock 03 February 2016 • 10 min read

Law and Regulation

Case study: Deal with GMP reconciliation sooner rather than later

GMP reconciliation is a major issue and needs careful planning if it is to go according to plan. Helen Morrissey talks to two schemes about their experiences so far.

clock 02 February 2016 • 7 min read

Defined Contribution

Room for positivity on freedom and choice but challenges remain

Helen Morrissey looks at PLSA research into the experiences of the first people to access retirement income freedoms.

clock 02 February 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

PLSA: no dash to cash but freedoms highlight need for education

PLSA research shows room to be positive about freedom and choice though education challenges remain. Helen Morrissey takes a look.

clock 01 February 2016 • 5 min read

Defined Contribution

Ensuring re-enrolment is under control

Re-enrolment is a different process to auto-enrolment and Paul McGuckin highlights some issues trustees need to be aware of.

clock 29 January 2016 • 4 min read

Defined Contribution

People's Pension comes top in survey of AE providers

The People's Pensions has come out top for service according to research into auto-enrolment providers carried out by Pensions PlayPen.

clock 29 January 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Tis the Season for Prognostications - Buyer Beware

Industry experts are busy putting together their predictions for how 2016 is likely to pan out. However, Anne Ford says caution is needed.

clock 29 January 2016 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

TPR: Trustees to be segmented in 21st century trustee initiative

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will segment the trustee population to ensure their needs are met as part of the 21st century trusteeship programme.

clock 29 January 2016 • 1 min read
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