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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Two more big 401(k) lawsuits filed, one dismissed
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 04, 2020
Two more big 401(k) lawsuits filed, one dismissed

RR Donnelley and Cognizant Technology Solutions were sued, and Trader Joe's fended off a legal attack

CIOs live in a world of nonstandard data
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
CIOs live in a world of nonstandard data

Retirement plan and investment data seldom come in a common format, making CIOs' jobs trickier

Fund sponsor M&A makes retirement CIO jobs more complicated
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
Fund sponsor M&A makes retirement CIO jobs more complicated

Mergers of fund management companies add to due diligence chores for retirement industry chief investment officers

Fund companies see target-dates adding annuities in future: Report
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 02, 2020
Fund companies see target-dates adding annuities in future: Report

The all-in-one products could also eventually include private equity, Cerulli Associates found

401(k) litigators target Coca-Cola bottler
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 30, 2020
401(k) litigators target Coca-Cola bottler

The lawsuit, like others, cites allegedly excessive investment and administrative fees

Two sponsors settle 401(k) cases, Victoria's Secret owner sued
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 25, 2020
Two sponsors settle 401(k) cases, Victoria's Secret owner sued

A grocery chain is paying $17.5 million in one case, and a pharmaceutical company is shelling out more than $2.5 million in another

DOL lifetime income rule under fire from lawmaker
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 24, 2020
DOL lifetime income rule under fire from lawmaker

Sen. Richard Neal, D-Mass., criticized the measure for not including an assumption that 401(k) balances appreciate

401(k) advisers busier this year helping with rollovers, distributions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 23, 2020
401(k) advisers busier this year helping with rollovers, distributions

A recent survey found that advisers are working with participants more than usual amid the pandemic

RPA SageView weighing a sale: sources
NEWS RIAS NOV 20, 2020
RPA SageView weighing a sale: sources

The company, which manages more than $100 billion in retirement plan assets, could attract extremely high bids from private equity firms, sources said

Future of advice is all about feelings
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 20, 2020
Future of advice is all about feelings

Best of advice industry is using the pandemic to ask clients how they are doing: AgeLab's Coughlin