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.

Tradeweb Introduces Three-Way Trade Confirmation on U.S. Tri-Party Repo Trading Platform

12/12/2011
The functionality allows all parties to a three-way trade to confirm transactions with each other prior to executing the trade.

Brazilian Investment Bank Selects Calypso for Cross Asset Coverage

12/9/2011
As the Brazilian financial market continues to boom, local firms are ramping up their technology to keep up with international demands.

Markit Launches Fair Value Service for U.S Mutual Funds

12/8/2011
The methodology uses the statistical relationship between bond prices and over 30 different market, entity-specific and momentum factors to adjust value at the individual bond level.

Regulators Move To Replace Much-Criticized Credit Rating Agencies

12/7/2011
The proposal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a long awaited response to Dodd-Frank.

Competition Heats Up To Identify Best Financial Tech Innovators

12/7/2011
Two high-profile competitions promoting financial technology development have kicked off with the aim of matching entrepreneurs and investors.

With MF Global Rule, Regs Finally Take One Small Step In Right Direction

12/6/2011
In so far as it increases transparency into how funds are handled, it is a positive step -- but regs still have much more to do.

Regs Crack The Whip On Wall Street Risk-Taking With New "MF Global" Rule

12/5/2011
The rule had been approved months ago but was delayed due to strong opposition from none other than Jon Corzine, the disgraced former CEO of MF Global.

U.S Equity Traders Search For Next-Generation Algos To Combat Ongoing Market Volatility

12/5/2011
A gloomy year in 2011 and a bleak economic outlook has caused traders to rethink their broker selections, services and payment models, according to a new TABB Group report.

Low Latency Market Data Provider Deploys Virtualized ATS on Private Cloud

12/5/2011
The announcement comes as second-tier brokers try to improve their performance through more sophisticated order aggregation, vendor says.

5 Steps to Turning the Market Data Crush Into an Advantage

12/2/2011
To handle the explosion in market data, capital markets firms must invest in a high-speed data infrastructure. Here are five steps to help firms turn the market data challenge into an opportunity.

Multi-Billion Dollar Traditional Asset Managers Now Using Twitter As Source of Breaking News

12/2/2011
Large hedge funds and traditional asset managers, rather than start-ups, are now using social media as a source of breaking news, not just as a sentiment indicator.

Asset Managers Looking For More Data Stability, More Transparency, Vendor Says

12/1/2011
Amid financial crisis, asset managers need more transparent, accurate, stable data, says MoneyMate which just released enhancements to its product.