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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COVID-19 could prompt more 401(k) cash-outs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 25, 2020
COVID-19 could prompt more 401(k) cash-outs

The market dive is likely to result in more early withdrawals and borrowing from retirement plans, particularly by people who don't have access to financial advice

How COVID-19 is driving new financial planning business
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 24, 2020
How COVID-19 is driving new financial planning business

Many investors who have lost money during the pandemic are seeking out financial advice for the first time

Recession would slow state auto-IRAs, MEPs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2020
Recession would slow state auto-IRAs, MEPs

Programs will remain viable but will take longer to build assets as gig workers and small businesses struggle to stay afloat, leaders said

Planners offer pro bono services amid market crash, COVID-19
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2020
Planners offer pro bono services amid market crash, COVID-19

The Financial Planning Association has launched a directory of CFPs who are volunteering their services

401(k) lawsuits keep coming, despite COVID-19
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2020
401(k) lawsuits keep coming, despite COVID-19

Two lawsuits over plans’ target-date investments were filed in the past week, and there was a major development in another case

Voya adds student-loan service for 401(k)s
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2020
Voya adds student-loan service for 401(k)s

The plan record keeper added a service allowing employers to make loan payments or plan contributions for workers

Annuities, hard hit by COVID-19, give retirees one less option
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2020
Annuities, hard hit by COVID-19, give retirees one less option

Insurers have started pulling some products amid volatility and low interest rates

Roth conversions 'on sale' and other retirement advice amid the market crash
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2020
Roth conversions 'on sale' and other retirement advice amid the market crash

People near retirement are the most at risk from the sell-off, and advisers have several recommendations for them

Wells Fargo named in new 401(k) lawsuit
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2020
Wells Fargo named in new 401(k) lawsuit

The company has been sued again over its use of its own products in its retirement plan

One TDF series outperforms others in market plunge
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 16, 2020
One TDF series outperforms others in market plunge

The newer product line has a different approach to asset allocation than most other target-date funds