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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Women run 401(k)s better than men: Morningstar
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2021
Women run 401(k)s better than men: Morningstar

Plans administered by women more often include target-date funds, automatically enroll workers and have better plan governance, according to a new report.

Target-dates with guaranteed income, the new 401(k) pitch
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 03, 2021
Target-dates with guaranteed income, the new 401(k) pitch

American Century, Prime Capital Investment Advisors, Nationwide and Lincoln Financial Group collaborated, along with others, on the QDIA.

Financial security harder to achieve for Black, Latina women, report finds
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 02, 2021
Financial security harder to achieve for Black, Latina women, report finds

New research shows that while Covid-19 has hurt retirement prospects for women in general, Black and Latina women face greater financial challenges than white women.

NFP, Natixis targeted in 401(k) lawsuits
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 26, 2021
NFP, Natixis targeted in 401(k) lawsuits

At the heart of NFP case is the flexPath target-date series, which was added to Wood Group plan in 2016, when it was essentially brand new. Schlichter Bogard & Denton brought the case.

Educators, hit hard by Covid, are leaving jobs and worried about retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 25, 2021
Educators, hit hard by Covid, are leaving jobs and worried about retirement

More than half are seriously considering leaving the profession or retiring early. A third of those thinking about leaving for other fields were tenured professors.

Paychex has 1,000 clients for its PEP, company says
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2021
Paychex has 1,000 clients for its PEP, company says

Most of the new PEPs clients have not previously offered a retirement plan to their employees, often because of the administrative burden of setting up a 401(k).

Mixing target-dates with other funds linked with higher savings
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2021
Mixing target-dates with other funds linked with higher savings

Savers who invest in individual funds outside of their target-dates are generally better off not because of superior investment acumens – they’re just better at putting money into their accounts.

401(k) lawsuit update: 2 dismissals, 2 settlements
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 19, 2021
401(k) lawsuit update: 2 dismissals, 2 settlements

Abbott Labs and Genentech won dismissals in cases against them, although plaintiffs can refile their complaints. Cerner Corp. and BlackRock have reached settlements in class-action cases against them.

401(k) savings went up in 2020, but so did retirement worries
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 18, 2021
401(k) savings went up in 2020, but so did retirement worries

Despite new figures showing higher savings rates and account balances, just over half of people said they are worried about how the pandemic will affect their financial security in retirement.

OregonSaves gets passing grade in new academic paper
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2021
OregonSaves gets passing grade in new academic paper

The program, which was launched in 2017, represented nearly $85 million in assets among 88,000 funded accounts at the end of 2020, according to figures from the state. It was the first of several automatic IRA systems that states have rolled out for private-sector workers who otherwise would not have access to a workplace retirement plan.