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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ESG got caught between party lines
INVESTING ESG DEC 19, 2022
ESG got caught between party lines

The year saw major developments in legislation and regulation that affect sustainable investing, including proposals from the SEC and a long-awaited final rule from the Department of Labor.

Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules
INVESTING ESG DEC 14, 2022
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules

Anti-greenwashing proposals are already having an effect, results of a US SIF survey suggest.

State Street the latest to expand client proxy voting
INVESTING ESG DEC 13, 2022
State Street the latest to expand client proxy voting

That decision follows recent moves by Vanguard and BlackRock to extend voting choices to individual investors.

Morningstar CEO on how direct indexing makes investing fun
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 08, 2022
Morningstar CEO on how direct indexing makes investing fun

In the second part of ESG Clarity's interview, Kunal Kapoor talks passives, personalization and proxies.

Morningstar CEO: Don’t get hung up on standardizing ESG data
INVESTING ESG NOV 28, 2022
Morningstar CEO: Don’t get hung up on standardizing ESG data

Kunal Kapoor talks to ESG Clarity about engaging advisers and the language of ESG.

Trading app Fennel seeks to win customers with ESG data
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH NOV 21, 2022
Trading app Fennel seeks to win customers with ESG data

The subscription-based service’s key feature is its in-app ESG data and rankings, which provides information to retail investors on public companies’ environmental, social and governance practices.

Climate change could cut asset values by more than half
INVESTING ESG NOV 16, 2022
Climate change could cut asset values by more than half

The costs of acting sooner are much lower than those of delaying action, Willis Towers Watson found.

Midterms’ consequences for ESG
INVESTING ESG NOV 14, 2022
Midterms’ consequences for ESG

Regulators will press on with their climate agendas, as will anti-ESG politicians.

Morningstar CEO Kapoor on ESG opportunities for advisers
INVESTING ESG NOV 14, 2022
Morningstar CEO Kapoor on ESG opportunities for advisers

'This language of ESG is a way to change that conversation and have connectivity through generations,' Kapoor says.

Asset managers have an ESG data problem
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH NOV 07, 2022
Asset managers have an ESG data problem

Without standardization, institutional investors have some trouble incorporating the data.