Profile of Melanie Rodier

Senior Editor and Head of Video Member Since: 5/8/2014
Author
Blog Posts: 1304
Posts: 82

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.

TGIF: A Bad Office Is Bad For Business (video)

2/26/2010
This humorous video clip from Regus.com shows how a bad office is definitely bad for business...

TSI Launches First Fully Automated Distressed Loan Settlement Platform

2/25/2010
The new platform streamlines the process of trading and settling distressed loans, creating substantial time and cost efficiencies for all market participants, according to the vendor.

Charles River IMS selected by Italy's Market Leader Eurizon Capital

2/24/2010
Integrated trading platform streamlines front-office operations across asset classes.

What Regs Are Next? (video)

2/23/2010
In light of the Madoff scandal and the financial crisis, regulators who have been heavily scrutinized for their failings are under more scrutiny than ever before. In this video clip, Senior Editor Melanie Rodier speaks to Larry Tabb, CEO and founder of TABB Group, about what new regulations the financial community can expect, and about the future of the SEC.

BlackRock Selects Pyxis Mobile Platform For Multiple Business Units

2/22/2010
The Pyxis Mobile platform is extending multiple CRM systems to BlackRock's mobile workforce, aggregating and accessing all the systems through native applications on employee devices.

TGIF: New Sneak Preview of Wall Street 2 - Money Never Sleeps

2/19/2010
Greedy Gordon Gekko is Back. 20th Century Fox has just unleashed a new international trailer for "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps", coming out with brand new footage.

StreamBase Launches Industry's First Developer Community to Advance CEP Innovation

2/19/2010
The StreamBase Component Exchange allows developers to download and share reusable components in a global community, as a means to spark innovation in CEP through the development and sharing of applications and ideas.

Introducing Broker-Dealers Compete With Big Boys

2/18/2010
Introducing brokers' technology budgets are small, but many of these firms can, and do, compete with the largest firms' platforms simply by being smart shoppers, says a new Aite Group report.

Goldman Sachs, Mizuho, Rosenblatt and UBS Integrate with UNX

2/17/2010

TradingScreen Connects to Societe Generale For FX Trading

2/17/2010
According to the agreement, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking will offer the TradingScreen Buy Side client base a full foreign exchange execution suite covering Spot, Forward and Swap deal types supported through RFQs and RFSs.

TGIF: "Stop Driving Toyotas - We're Trying!" (video)

2/12/2010
Seth Meyers gives his update of the week's news in this Saturday Night Live clip, including a look at Toyota and Democratic results...

Asia Trading Volumes To Grow 20-30% Per Year

2/12/2010
Still, while undergoing change, the Asian landscape has real need for improvement, according to a new report from Celent.

Thomson Reuters to Offer Securities Class Action Claims Filing Solution through PORTIA

2/11/2010
More than $42 billion has been available to investors in securities class action settlements in the past five years and there is more than $11 billion in settlements currently available to investors, according to Thomson Reuters.

Pragma Introduces ONECROSS Multi-Benchmark Dark Crossing Network

2/10/2010
The dark venue allows traders to pair off on market-on-open and market-on-close orders without displaying their orders in the open-market or being constrained by exchange order windows.

International Center for Financial Regulation Launches Activities in Asia

2/9/2010
The ICFR, headquartered in London, is the product of cooperation between 19 leading financial services companies and provides training, scholarship and thought leadership on financial regulation.

Wall Street Firms, Hedge Funds, Recruit CIA, Ex-Military Intelligence

2/8/2010
Wall Street firms and hedge funds are actively recruiting former CIA and military intelligence officers in a bid to boost their security and risk management practices.

NYSE Technologies Selected to Build Technology Solution for ASEAN Exchange Network

2/8/2010
The ASEAN Exchange Network will link capital markets in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Trading Technologies Sues Cunningham Trading Systems and Interactive Brokers

2/5/2010
Some of the patents relate to its MD Trader product, the order-entry screen incorporated in its X_Trader software.

TGIF: What Is That Banker Looking At?

2/5/2010
An oblivious investment banker is looking at pictures of model Miranda Kerr without realizing he's been caught on the local news...Check out this Break.com video around 1'05"...

Forex Social Network Announces Relationship with Thomson Reuters IFR Markets

2/4/2010
Currensee is the first Forex trading social network that connects traders from around the world based on real-time trades.

Boston Options Exchange Selects Firm58 For On-Demand Billing

2/4/2010
Firm58 replaces BOX's in-house billing system and provides exchange participants with online access to trade details and balances.

Pricing Partners Launches Price-it VaR

2/4/2010
With the recent unpredictable market movements, the accurate calculation of VaR, risks and stress tests on complex products has become a crucial issue, the vendor says.

Algos Gone Wild (video)

2/3/2010
In this video clip, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of TABB Group, talks to Advanced Trading editor-in-chief Kerry Massaro about how likely it really is that an algo could go wild and bring down the market. He also focuses on new trends in the algorithmic trading space, including how new algos are now trying to execute blocks.

Exegy Deploys Ultra-Low Latency Ticker Plant on Options PIPE Platform

2/2/2010
Both buy-side and sell-side firms may now leverage the Exegy Ticker Plant as a fully optimized and managed proximity-hosting service powered by the Options PIPE platform, the vendor said.

Celeritas Selects Exponential-e to Support Ultra-Fast Algorithmic Trading

2/1/2010
Exponential-e connects Celeritas to FX markets in London and New York via ultra-fast network.

INDATA Releases Intelligent Portfolio Management Platform

2/1/2010
INDATA iPM, Intelligent Portfolio Management, is a new platform and set of technologies for buy-side firms that allow end users to collaborate in real-time across the enterprise.

INDATA Releases Intelligent Portfolio Management Platform

2/1/2010
INDATA iPM, Intelligent Portfolio Management, is a new platform and set of technologies for buy-side firms that allow end users to collaborate in real-time across the enterprise.