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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

How low oil prices affect schemes

Oil prices have rapidly declined since last summer. Charlotte Moore looks at why this has happened and asks what the impact will be on pension schemes.

clock 27 January 2015 • 7 min read

Industry

Sainsbury's pensions head joins struggling Coats scheme

Sainsbury's head of pensions John Lovell has been appointed to the newly-created role of group pensions director at Coats from March.

clock 27 January 2015 •

Investment

LPFA and GMPF eyeing up 'a number' of opportunities for infrastructure venture

The local government pension schemes (LGPS) for Greater Manchester and London are already eyeing up infrastructure opportunities for their £500m joint venture.

clock 27 January 2015 •

Industry

Pension Wise service being tested to meet demand surge

The new Pension Wise service is being tested to ensure it meets any surge in demand according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

clock 21 January 2015 •

Law and Regulation

Providers show interest in Webb's annuity unwinding plan

Providers have shown interest in plans to allow people to unwind their annuities according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

clock 21 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Webb floats idea of bulk transfer to cost efficient pensions

Pensions minister Steve Webb has floated plans to allow providers to bulk transfer members from legacy schemes to more cost efficient models.

clock 21 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

The insurance gap for trust-based DC schemes

PP examines a loophole that could leave DC members with no compensation if an insurer collapses

clock 20 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Are we giving people the information they need on Budget freedoms?

Helen Morrissey says people retiring in the next few years will risk making poor decisions

clock 19 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

High oil prices bring uncertainty for schemes

PP looks at the perils and opportunities of plunging petro prices

clock 16 January 2015 •

Investment

Schroders launches flexible pre-retirement fund

Schroders has launched a fund to help defined contribution (DC) members coming up to retirement take advantage of incoming Budget flexibilities.

clock 15 January 2015 •
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