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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

How the L&G pension scheme handled auto-enrolment

PP speaks to L&G's Rob Durbin about how the firm communicated AE to members

clock 14 January 2015 •

Law and Regulation

Do we need EIOPA's Holistic Balance Sheet?

Fraser Sparks looks at the European pensions regulator's plans for a Holistic Balance Sheet and asks whether it is needed.

clock 14 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

De-risking a scheme using options

Given the significant decline in pension scheme funding levels experienced in recent times, the issue of protection against equity drawdown is becoming increasingly important. SSGA's Howard Kearns looks at how options can help.

clock 14 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

Will local boards save the LGPS?

PP looks at government plans to improve LGPS governance

clock 14 January 2015 •

Investment

AREF to launch matrix to rank property fund performance

The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) is to publish a matrix showing how members are performing against its code of conduct.

clock 14 January 2015 •

Law and Regulation

Webb's plan to extend Budget freedoms gets thumbs down

Natasha Browne gets industry reaction to Steve Webb’s plans to roll out freedom and choice to annuitants.

clock 09 January 2015 •

Industry

PP owner Incisive Media announces refinancing deal with Alchemy

Incisive Media - parent company of Professional Pensions and Workplace Savings & Benefits - has announced a refinancing agreement which will see private equity firm Alchemy take a majority stake in the business.

clock 08 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

How Wolseley UK co-ordinated auto-enrolment

Wolseley UK's Neil McCawley speaks to Michael Klimes about its award-winning DC and auto-enrolment strategies.

clock 08 January 2015 •

Defined Contribution

Seven in ten employers yet to take action on pension freedoms

Seven in ten employers are yet to take action on upcoming Freedom of Pensions proposals according to research from Jelf Employee Benefits.

clock 07 January 2015 •

Defined Benefit

Now is the time to debate impact of low bond yields

Soaring deficits in 2014 have raised concerns as to the damage quantitative easing is doing to pensions. Ros Altmann takes a closer look.

clock 06 January 2015 • 8 min read
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