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.

The Need for Holistic Fraud Management

5/29/2008
Recent incidents prove that firms must take a holistic approach to risk management in order to effectively detect and prevent fraud.

Financial Firms Still Coming to Grips With E-Discovery

5/28/2008
Despite the penalties for inadequate e-discovery capabilities, many firms still are challenged to establish effective programs.

Keeping Tabs

5/23/2008
Cox Joins Barclays; Northern Trust Promotes Daswani; The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. Names Four Members to Board of Directors.

StreamBase Hires Apama’s Mark Palmer as President and COO

5/23/2008
Back-office applications are becoming more closely tied to front-office applications, says CEP expert.

Citisoft Hires Christopher Connors as Business Development Head

5/23/2008
The investment management consultant's clients are looking to optimize their operational and IT spend as well as 'improve process efficiency without the funding that has been available in prior years,' Connors says.

Magee Joins Information Mosaic as COO

5/23/2008
Kevin Magee, who will lead the company's expansion, says Information Mosaic needs to continue creating products that will satisfy the needs of a market heavily dependent on customization in order to run its business.

Financial Firms Expect More Rogue Trading

5/20/2008
In the aftermath of the SocGen scandal, a new study has found that 75% of investment firms expect another $100 million rogue trading loss to be uncovered at a large financial institution within the next 12 months.

UBS Co-Head of IT Neil Sarnak Leaves Company

5/19/2008
UBS says he played a key role in the development of a more "efficient IT operating model."

How Secure is India?

5/14/2008
The study, carried out by Singapore-based software company ReadiMinds, also found that over 57% of banks do not have a dedicated budget for online security, which is still considered part of the overall IT budget.

The Low-Latency Race

5/13/2008
Today's latency standard is 65 microseconds, down from 6 milliseconds two years ago, according to TABB Group.