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Emile Hallez

Emile Hallez is ESG editor at InvestmentNews. Previously he was U.S. news editor for ESG Clarity, covered retirement at InvestmentNews, and worked as a reporter and associate editor at Ignites, a Financial Times publication. Prior to his work in financial journalism, he cut his teeth as a reporter at Evergreen Newspapers, a small chain of community papers in Colorado. Going back even farther in time, he worked as a technician at a tissue bank, making bone, soft tissue and skin grafts. Emile is passionate about cycling, rock climbing, and environmental and animal rights issues. He can often be found exploring the woods of Maine with his wife, Meika, and rescue mutts Piper and Buckey.

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Midterms’ consequences for ESG

Regulators will press on with their climate agendas, as will anti-ESG politicians.

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Morningstar CEO Kapoor on ESG opportunities for advisers

'This language of ESG is a way to change that conversation and have connectivity through generations,' Kapoor says.

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Asset managers have an ESG data problem

Without standardization, institutional investors have some trouble incorporating the data.

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BlackRock to open proxy voting to some retail investors

Initially, the program will be available to UK investors, but it could eventually expand to all fund shareholders.

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The ESG case for direct indexing

The prospect of providing clients with a custom portfolio that meets their guidelines is something advisers see as adding value to their services.

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Impax’s Joe Keefe on ESG challenges and opportunities

The firm's president says sustainable investing is a long-term approach: 'We try to invest in the next economy rather than the last economy.'

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Anti-ESG fight has come to retail investors

Some view it as a political issue, but demand is strong, and asset managers appear undeterred.

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Premium fees and so-so returns on some ‘ESG’ funds

Products that have high sustainability scores but aren't necessarily labeled as ESG are cheaper, according to a YCharts report.

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Democrats urge JP Morgan, Wells Fargo to cease funding of anti-ESG group

Federated Hermes has indicated that it will end membership of the State Financial Officers Foundation.

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ETF would give retail access to catastrophe bonds

The ESG product would seek to expand disaster coverage and provide pricing transparency.