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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Investors approve ESG proposals at Lowe’s, Twitter, Travelers
RIA NEWS JUN 06, 2022
Investors approve ESG proposals at Lowe’s, Twitter, Travelers

The busiest week of the biggest proxy season ever saw several ESG-themed shareholder proposals pass.

Variability in ESG ratings makes a murky picture for investors
RIA NEWS JUN 01, 2022
Variability in ESG ratings makes a murky picture for investors

Different methodologies and ratings scales can cast the same security in a slightly different light.

Advisers' ESG use could be at tipping point: Survey
ALTERNATIVES JUN 01, 2022
Advisers' ESG use could be at tipping point: Survey

A Financial Planning Association survey finds rising rates of advisers planning to increase and decrease ESG use this year.

Putnam to revamp target dates with sustainable focus
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2022
Putnam to revamp target dates with sustainable focus

The company will rename the product line with the funds switching to underlying investments in Putnam ETFs that follow ESG criteria.

SEC presses on with anti-greenwashing proposals
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAY 25, 2022
SEC presses on with anti-greenwashing proposals

The agency proposed a set of rule changes related to fund names and ESG disclosures made by advisers and investment providers.

Who’s afraid of ESG?
OPINION MAY 24, 2022
Who’s afraid of ESG?

There is a struggle to define ESG, and opponents are using that to their advantage.

High-yield funds get ESG treatment
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 17, 2022
High-yield funds get ESG treatment

Several US fund managers are taking an interest in this small but growing area of the market.

‘Net zero’ oil firms are selling their dirty assets to private market
RIA NEWS MAY 16, 2022
‘Net zero’ oil firms are selling their dirty assets to private market

Divesting can take away the option of engaging high-carbon companies to do better.

Passive ESG: More active than the average index fund?
RIA NEWS MAY 09, 2022
Passive ESG: More active than the average index fund?

There is more going on in the ESG world, as seemingly passive funds have an element of active management that other index funds do not.

Climate disclosures should be mandatory, investors say
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2022
Climate disclosures should be mandatory, investors say

People trust climate data more often if companies are required to report it, a recent survey found.