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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

Industry

1.7 million workers left behind by auto-enrolment

Huge swathes of the population risk missing out on pension contributions because they do not qualify for auto-enrolment.

clock 31 July 2013 •

Defined Contribution

L&G master trust receives PQM Ready accreditation

Legal & General's (L&G) WorkSave master trust has become the first insurer scheme to receive the Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Ready accreditation.

clock 23 July 2013 •

Investment

UK dividend payments hit record £25bn in Q2

Dividend payments from UK companies hit a record £25.3bn in the second quarter but growth remains slow, research from Capita Registrars shows.

clock 23 July 2013 •

Defined Benefit

SEI: Governance prevents rapid action on funding levels

More than half of trustees (56%) believe current governance structures prevent them from quickly taking advantage of market conditions to improve their funding level, according to research.

clock 23 July 2013 •

Defined Contribution

Assessing DC standards

Helen Morrissey looks at whether the DWP's call for evidence on DC standards covers the right issues

clock 18 July 2013 •

Industry

Sackers promotes Carr to partner

Sackers has promoted banking and finance specialist Vicky Carr to partner after two years with the pensions law firm.

clock 16 July 2013 •

Industry

ONS statistics show 'depressing decline' in pensions

The latest publication from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows private sector pensions coverage at only 2.9m, the lowest since 1953.

clock 16 July 2013 •

Legislation

Protecting clients against the lifetime allowance

A consultation document has been launched into the new individual protection regime following last year's reduction in the lifetime allowance. Helen Morrissey asks whether this new protection is useful or whether it is an unnecessary complication.

clock 16 July 2013 •

Defined Contribution

AE mistakes and how to avoid them

Hargreaves Lansdown looks at five common auto-enrolment mistakes and solutions

clock 16 July 2013 •

Industry

Fiduciary management: addressing knowledge gaps

Interest in fiduciary management is growing but key knowledge gaps remain. Helen Morrissey looks at how these gaps are being addressed.

clock 11 July 2013 •
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