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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Annuity sales down 24% in Q2
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2020
Annuity sales down 24% in Q2

Nearly all types of annuities fell by double digits due to low interest rates and fallout from COVID-19

Bloomberg op-ed gets fast rebuke from 401(k) defenders
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 24, 2020
Bloomberg op-ed gets fast rebuke from 401(k) defenders

A column this week by former AQR managing director Aaron Brown questioned the benefits of 401(k)s

Matrix Trust Co. sued over alleged lack of 401(k) fee disclosure
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 24, 2020
Matrix Trust Co. sued over alleged lack of 401(k) fee disclosure

The Broadridge affiliate has not filed notices required by the DOL, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit claim

DOL urged to address conflicts in pooled employer plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 24, 2020
DOL urged to address conflicts in pooled employer plans

But there is little consensus on how to do so, according to comment letters submitted this week to the regulator

Here's how target-date funds have fared as the market fell, and rose, in 2020
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 22, 2020
Here's how target-date funds have fared as the market fell, and rose, in 2020

Some TDFs that limited losses during the market dive early in the year came out on top, an analysis of Morningstar Direct data shows

Resources picks up $2B 401(k) consultant
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 21, 2020
Resources picks up $2B 401(k) consultant

The deal brings the firm's retirement plan AUM to a reported $50 billion

Biogen faces class action over 401(k) fees
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 20, 2020
Biogen faces class action over 401(k) fees

The company is among the latest targeted in a wave of ERISA litigation this year

Senate Democrats ask DOL to back off ESG rule
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 17, 2020
Senate Democrats ask DOL to back off ESG rule

The proposed restrictions on environmental, social and governance funds in 401(k)s would perpetuate racial discrimination, a group of lawmakers wrote

Merrill adviser headcount up 2% as trainee hiring resumes
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 16, 2020
Merrill adviser headcount up 2% as trainee hiring resumes

The brokerage will also be getting back the 650 trainees it shifted to the wider bank to help with PPP loans

401(k) sales will continue to fall: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2020
401(k) sales will continue to fall: Survey

Record keepers expect figures in the third quarter to be down 22% from a year earlier, according to a report from the Secure Retirement Institute