MLex hires Coelho to cover financial regulation in London

Hugo Coelho

Financial news site MLex has hired Hugo Coelho, formerly of InsuranceERM, to cover financial regulation from London.

He’ll cover regulation and policy there while helping on insurance regulation worldwide plus some European banking stories.

Coelho had been with InsuranceERM in London since June 2014, writing about regulatory themes relevant for insurers – capital requirements, liquidity, central clearing, resolution, compensation, conduct, global standards. He’s also been a contributor to Policy Network since May 2013.

Coelho also worked as a reporter for Risk and as a political correspondent for Diário de Notícias.

He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Westminster.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.