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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

Countdown to DC flexibility

Alan and Overy's Helen Powell highlights key issues for trustees for April 2015

clock 23 October 2014 •

Investment

How Baring is coping with outflows

Head of multi-asset Marino Valensise talks about the firm's strategy

clock 23 October 2014 •

Law and Regulation

Short service refunds banned from October 2015

Short service refunds are to be banned from October 2015 according to the pensions minister.

clock 22 October 2014 •

Legislation

Webb's vision for pension reform

Steve Webb speaks to PP about his plans for more changes

clock 21 October 2014 •

Defined Contribution

NAPF 2014: Webb puts annuity reform on top of post-election wish list

Pensions minister Steve Webb has put annuity reform at the top of his wish list should he remain in post after the election.

clock 16 October 2014 •

Law and Regulation

NAPF 2014: Guidance guarantee will look very different by 2020

The guidance guarantee implemented in April 2015 will evolve markedly over the next five years according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)acting head of savings and investment, Maggie Craig.

clock 16 October 2014 •

Admin / Technology

NAPF 2014: Annual statements 'not good enough' for member comms

Communications will be a major issue for employers as they struggle to deal with an onslaught of change according to the AA's head of pensions, Mike Sullivan.

clock 16 October 2014 •

Law and Regulation

NAPF 2014: Transparency and clarity needed for successful CDC

Transparency and clarity will be vital in ensuring collective defined contribution (CDC) works in the UK.

clock 16 October 2014 •

Industry

NAPF 2014: NAPF to widen focus to smaller employers and lifetime savings

The NAPF is to widen its focus to support smaller employers as well as taking a broader view on lifetime savings.

clock 15 October 2014 •

Investment

NAPF 2014: Geldof urges NAPF delegates to embrace new asset classes

The industry has been urged to embrace new asset classes and retirement income freedoms by Sir Bob Geldof.

clock 15 October 2014 •
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