Profile of Melanie Rodier

Senior Editor and Head of Video Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Melanie Rodier has worked as a print and broadcast journalist for over 10 years, covering business and finance, general news, and film trade news. Prior to joining Wall Street & Technology in April 2007, Melanie lived in Paris, where she worked for the International Herald Tribune, and Rome, where she wrote for Reuters and Screen International, a film trade publication. Melanie was born in London, and graduated from Oxford University where she studied Spanish and Italian. She is also a fluent French speaker.

ConvergEx's RealTick Adds Wells Fargo Securities to Broker Network

4/29/2011
RealTick's global broker dealer network includes Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and BNP Paribas,

GoodFellas II: The Feds Are Watching Traders At Home

4/28/2011
The FBI told a hedge fund trader they "had recorded his conversations for a very long time, that they knew 'everything' about him and his family and friends," sparking a debate about the rights and wrongs of wiretapping.

Cetova Introduces New Trading And Risk Management Reporting Package

4/27/2011
The off-the-shelf solution is designed for market makers, asset managers, hedge funds and institutional firms.

Tradeweb to Integrate Tervela's Messaging Layer

4/26/2011
Tervela will provide Tradeweb with an enhanced messaging layer to integrate into its existing electronic trading infrastructure.

How To Get Fired By Goldman Sachs

4/26/2011
We like to think that most companies treat their employees with common courtesy. Think again.

Bernanke Is Set To Boldly Go Where No (Fed) Man Has Gone Before

4/25/2011
The Federal Reserve chief is expected to hold a news conference this week and answer questions from journalists, signaling a startling break from tradition for the central bank.

IPC Unveils Blue Wave Application Development Platform To Boost Trading Communications

4/20/2011
IPC's new application development platform sits within the new Unigy solution, its recently launched unified platform for trading communications and applications.

Can A BlackBerry Tablet With No Email Impress Wall Street Professionals?

4/19/2011
RIM launched its PlayBook tablet today.

RBS Launches BlackBerry PlayBook App

4/19/2011
With this app, RBS's global institutional clients can obtain critical market information on the fixed income, commodity and currency markets.

Technology Management Provider Genpact and SmartStream Aim To Give More Control To CFOs

4/18/2011
The deal will allow Genpact, a finance and accounting services expert, to leverage SmartStream's new TLM Account Reconciliation solution.

Nasdaq Appoints Ex-Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Exec As New CFO

4/15/2011
Lee Shavel is an 18-year veteran of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Wall Street Is Moving To North Carolina

4/14/2011
Deutsche Bank, Fidelity, and Credit Suisse are among firms ramping up operations in unexpected metro areas.

Wealth Management Firms To Increase Spending On CRM Tools By 8%

4/12/2011
It's an ultra competitive world for advisors out there and firms need to offer them the latest tools or risk seeing them jump ship.

Madoff's Latest Zingers

4/11/2011
Madoff delivers some unbelievably nonchalant comments in this FT interview.

TD Ameritrade Launches iPad App For Advisors

4/11/2011
The app follows the brokerage's recent release of an iPad app for individual investors.

QuIC Partners With Solum To Enhance Credit Value Adjustement Solution

4/8/2011
CVA quantifies the credit risk inherent in OTC derivative transactions and is integral to pricing, risk management and accounting processes within financial institutions.

Watson, From Jeopardy To Wall Street Hero? Hmm. Maybe.

4/8/2011
Could Watson have helped prevent the financial crisis?

Barclays Capital Launches Research For iPad

4/7/2011
Barclays Capital Research for iPad offers clients the ability to browse, search, filter, save and create alerts for their favorite publications.

Apps On The Street: TD Ameritrade Sees Mobile Trading Increase 125 Percent With iPad, iPhone Apps

4/6/2011
With traders increasingly looking for customized mobile solutions, TD Ameritrade has added the iPad and the iPhone to its suite of mobile trading offerings.

GlobeOp Hedge Fund Index Offers Timely Window On Liquidity And Investor Sentiment

4/5/2011
Vendor says there is a lack of independently confirmed industry data against which hedge fund managers and investors can benchmark their allocations and performance.

Merger Wars: Nasdaq/ICE Bid for NYSE Would Close One Mega Data Center

4/1/2011
Nasdaq and ICE unveiled on Friday their bid to buy NYSE Euronext for about $11.3 billion in cash and stock. The merger would combine the two largest U.S. stock exchanges.