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.

Post-Knight, A Newly Risk-Averse JP Morgan Reviews Dealings With Brokerages

8/31/2012
JP Morgan's move could spark other firms to do the same, an article in the Wall Street Journal suggests.

After Latest Financial Scandal, Another Regulator Set To Review Staffing Practices

8/30/2012
The last 12 months have seen a host of financial scandals. Now, the NFA has ordered a review of its staff. But can it really revamp its staff?

Buy-Side Firms Fund Lab to Promote Supercomputing for Market Regulation

8/28/2012
Infinium Capital Managment, Tudor Investment Corp., and AJO Partners are helping fund research aimed at stabilizing and enforcing an increasingly complex marketplace.

Financial Firms Fund Lab To Promote Supercomputing For Market Regulation

8/27/2012
Firms including Infinium Capital Management and AJO Partners are supporting the research.

7 Most Striking Reasons Only 2% of Pro Investors Trust The Market

8/24/2012
Only 2 percent of capital markets industry professionals say they really trust market structure, according to a new survey from TABB Group. Here's how the Twittersphere explains it.

Fidelity CIO Walks In His Father's Footsteps

8/24/2012
Fidelity Institutional CIO Ron DePoalo began learning about Wall Street IT from his father at an early age. Now he is drawing on those lessons to to drive tech innovation and business alignment.

Citigroup CEO Shows Shaky, Skewed Recollection of the Financial Crisis

8/23/2012
In a speech Vikram Pandit gave this week in Singapore, he basically congratulated himself and Citigroup’s executive team on restructuring the company after the financial crisis. But that's not exactly how things went down.

Wall Street Is Leaderless, And That Might Be Fine

8/21/2012
Wall Street has lost its most vocal advocate as investigations into JP Morgan's multi-billion dollar trading lost have sidelined Jamie Dimon, a Bloomberg article reports. But does the financial industry really need another Dimon?

Battle of the Exchanges Heats Up as CME Expands Into Europe

8/20/2012
CME’s announcement is a challenge to Europe's biggest derivatives trading exchanges and comes after regulators blocked Deutsche Borse's merger with NYSE Euronext.

GOLD BOOK 2012: Fidelity Institutional CIO Ron DePoalo Walks In His Father's Footsteps

8/16/2012
Fidelity Institutional CIO Ron DePoalo began learning about Wall Street IT from his father at an early age. Now he is drawing on those lessons to drive tech innovation and business alignment.

The 12 Most Spectacular Financial Services Failures of All Time

8/10/2012
As a result of its spectacular tech fail on Aug. 1, Knight Capital became the latest financial services firm to have pushed to the brink of collapse before being either rescued at the eleventh hour or permanently wiped out.

Was Knight’s Fiasco Really a Wall Street Success Story?

8/9/2012
A New York Times article suggests the Knight $440 million software error showed how well the markets work. But some industry insiders disagree.

The Top 10 Mobile Apps on Wall Street

8/7/2012
Creating apps for retail investors generally has been the top mobile priority for Wall Street firms. But as the technology continues to advance, retail apps are proving valuable for professional traders as well. Here are 10 top apps that are storming the Street.

China Launches Algo Trading With Lots of Testing, Unlike Knight

8/6/2012
In China, the first question firms have is, 'How do we test it?' versus in the U.S where people ask first, 'How can we get it out on the market as quickly as possible?'

Knight Time Bomb Is Ticking, But Will HFT Survive The Blast?

8/3/2012
Knight has just received a credit line that will extend its operations at least through the end of Friday.

Knight Capital Fiasco: Where Were The Risk Controls?

8/1/2012
The incident, which caused stock to swing more than 10 percent in early trading on Wednesday, was entirely preventable, experts say.

Knight To Blame For Rogue Algo?

8/1/2012
Wild volatility in Wednesday trading has stoked fears of another technology glitch that could further damage investor confidence.

Linedata Expands Trading Platform To Meet More Complex Market Needs

8/1/2012
The Linedata Front Office Trading Platform is aimed at both institutional and alternative asset managers, large and small, and is offered in both a hosted or deployed environment.