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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

The personnel problem: Good trustees are hard to find

Recruiting high quality trustees is a major challenge for schemes. Emma Cusworth looks at how this can be managed.

clock 25 January 2017 • 8 min read

Investment

Overemphasis on liabilities means schemes miss out on returns

An emphasis on matching liabilities means many schemes are not spending enough time on boosting returns according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

clock 25 January 2017 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Ten years of buy-ins: The major deals

Here's the list of all buy-ins over £100m carried out since 2007.

clock 25 January 2017 •

Law and Regulation

We need clarity on GMP method

Helen Morrissey thinks trustees need more guidance on how to carry out GMP equalisation.

clock 24 January 2017 • 1 min read

Investment

Is it time to overhaul currency hedges after sterling's tumble?

There are big questions about currency hedges when sterling has fallen so significantly since Brexit. Schemes should revisit that hedge and prepare for further volatility, says Stephanie Baxter

clock 23 January 2017 • 5 min read

Industry

George Osborne to join Blackrock part-time

Cannot lobby government

clock 20 January 2017 • 1 min read

Defined Benefit

Diversity, Narratives and Pensions

Con Keating says it is time for a different approach to defined benefit pensions but questions how easy this would be to achieve.

clock 19 January 2017 • 3 min read

Communication

Can we give the next generation the best chance?

Robert Gardner says it is time for the industry to step up on financial education

clock 19 January 2017 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

Trustees need more help in dealing with pension fraud

Trustees need more support if pension fraud is to be dealt with effectively says Helen Morrissey.

clock 17 January 2017 • 1 min read

Appointments

Hymans Robertson appoints Brolly as head of products

Hymans Robertson has appointed Karen Brolly as head of products within its life and financial services practice.

clock 16 January 2017 • 1 min read
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