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.
Articles by Melanie Rodier
posted in August 2008
8/28/2008
To increase profitability and improve the client value proposition of their trust departments, banks can turn operations outsourcing and investment management outsourcing, according to a new report by Celent.
8/27/2008
If firms fail to innovate their methods to process fee revenue for managed accounts, their costs could jump from the current $20.6 million to $42.4 million by 2012, according to a new report by the TowerGroup.
8/21/2008
Firms seem to understand the importance of preventative controls, such as having firewalls and access control lists, but they lack a good grasp of detective controls, says Tony Hernandez, managing director at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting.
8/19/2008
"IDEA" will make company and fund information interactive, giving investors faster and easier access to data.
8/19/2008
Electronic document discovery has become one of the single largest components of litigation, with the review portion accounting for up to 80 percent of the $3 billion a year e-discovery marketplace, Huron said.
8/18/2008
The Institutional Spectrum platform features five different types of mutual fund managed accounts, as well as a separately managed account and individual stocks and bonds.
8/18/2008
The tool will enable senior executives and research analysts to communicate via secure video conferencing, IM, and SMS.
8/15/2008
The new Coral8 Engine release provides greater configuration flexibility, while the Coral8 Portal was enhanced to add more visualization options, including drill-down support.
8/15/2008
The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said.
8/15/2008
Following the Societe Generale scandal, Wall Street firms have reexamined their internal security practices. But a number of factors, including the economic downturn and business pressures, continue to make rogue employees a very real threat.
8/15/2008
XpressRouter simultaneously monitors quotes from all U.S. options exchanges and queries alternative liquidity sources to find the best prices.
8/15/2008
In the UK version of The Office, David Brent (Ricky Gervais) gives a performance review of accountant Keith, which soon turns into every boss's nightmare.
8/15/2008
Later this year, BIDS Trading and the NYSE Euronext plan to launch a joint venture that will allow dark orders to interact with both displayed and reserve orders from the NYSE.
8/14/2008
Guardium's Phil Neray offers guidance on preventing insider data theft.
8/14/2008
Access to EuroCCP - which launches Aug 15 - via SWIFT means Turquoise members can reuse existing network infrastructure.
8/13/2008
The resource center provides news and updates related to the proposed legislation, insight from financial and legal experts who are continually monitoring its developments in Congress, and information about technology that can help them prepare.
8/13/2008
Fidelity's e-signature capability will allow advisors and their clients to electronically sign all documents, including Fidelity and advisor-specific forms, required to establish and fund a brokerage account.
8/12/2008
The VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Fraud Detection Service Stock Trading Module protects traders at the transaction level, by tracking behavior specific to stock trading scams.
8/8/2008
O'Connor will focus on building the firm's relationships with the major Wall Street banks and issuers of auction-rate securities.
8/7/2008
Calling it the most significant financial/accounting reform since Sarbanes-Oxley, Ernst & Young says the standard will impact all facets of financial service firms, not just accounting.
8/6/2008
Burton will manage risk associated with all OTC derivatives products, operations, and regulatory issues.
8/6/2008
A mixed integer portfolio construction module, the ClariFI Portfolio Optimizer (CPO) is designed to help portfolio managers solve real-world portfolio optimization problems and is based on the latest academic research and optimization technology.