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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RPA SageView weighing a sale: sources
RETIREMENT PLANNING 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
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

401(k) defaults linked with lower CARES Act withdrawals
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 19, 2020
401(k) defaults linked with lower CARES Act withdrawals

An academic paper this week found that early withdrawal requests increased most among savers who build their own portfolios

401(k) firms line up for PEPs, anticipating big business in 2021
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2020
401(k) firms line up for PEPs, anticipating big business in 2021

Registration for pooled plan providers begins later this month, but some companies are already announcing their plans

Should 401(k)s require a test for savers to invest outside of target dates?
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2020
Should 401(k)s require a test for savers to invest outside of target dates?

Terms like 'mutual fund' and 'passive investing' are misunderstood, and those who can't define them are less likely to invest and save for retirement, according to a new report

Hub International snaps up almost $3 billion in assets
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 13, 2020
Hub International snaps up almost $3 billion in assets

With the latest deals, the firm's retirement plan and private wealth business oversees about $93 billion

Boeing reprieved in 401(k) stock-drop case
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 13, 2020
Boeing reprieved in 401(k) stock-drop case

A judge this week dismissed claims the company breached its fiduciary duty to plan participants by failing to disclose safety issues with its 737 Max model

DOL issues key rule for pooled employer plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 12, 2020
DOL issues key rule for pooled employer plans

Pooled plan providers will be able to register beginning later this month and launch plans at the beginning of the new year

Amway's 401(k) at center of lawsuit
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 11, 2020
Amway's 401(k) at center of lawsuit

The multi-level marketing company's plan had allegedly excessive fees, according to the complaint

Getting annuities onto 401(k) plan menus
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 09, 2020
Getting annuities onto 401(k) plan menus

SECURE Act provisions providing plan fiduciaries with some legal protection, requirements for lifetime income disclosures on 401(k) statements and a volatile stock market all bode well for these products