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.

Humans, Not Systems, New Targets of Hack Attacks Requiring New Security Methods

10/31/2011
Regulators are more vigilant than ever before, and firms are struggling to keep up with new, sophisticated attacks.

Pershing Expands Anywhere Account Access for Investors and Advisors

10/28/2011
The BNY Mellon company recently introduced a version of its platform that is compatible with Google's Android operating system.

Bernie Madoff Reveals The Worst Part of Prison

10/27/2011
Bernie revealed what keeps him up at night: And it's not, as you might think -- or hope -- his victims.

Arrest Of Former Goldman Exec Could Lead To More Juicy Wall Street Revelations

10/26/2011
Gupta was saved the humiliation of a perp walk, which could be far from incidental.

Wealth Managers Fail To Live Up To Investors' Technology Needs

10/25/2011
They should get some tips from Apple, Google and Amazon, according to a new report.

Apple's iPad Market Share Takes A Serious, Surprising, Tumble

10/24/2011
Apple's iPad market share tumbled from 96% to 67% in the third quarter.

Financial Institution Selects SunGard’s Adaptiv Riskbox

10/21/2011
The announcement follows demands by industry participants and regulators for stronger measures to manage counterparty credit risk.

Bankers Fear For Their Lives. Maybe.

10/20/2011
Protesters may still be unclear about the details of their agenda, but they are not happy. And now they want to put a face on it.

To Boost Cloud Usage, NYSE Technologies Launches Advisory Service

10/19/2011
The service will help market participants discern the functional, economic and security benefits of moving to a cloud environment.

The Latest On Data Security For Mobile Phones

10/18/2011
Attacks against financial organizations' servers have been well documented, but mobile devices now are also increasingly under threat.

Broker-Dealers Modifying Trading Systems to Offer Ultra Low-Latency

10/17/2011
Broker-dealers are modifying their trading systems in order to provide clients with ultralow-latency market connectivity that complies with the new 'naked access' ban.

The Real Reason Why Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Angry

10/17/2011
The Occupy Wall Street protests have gone global. But many have been left wondering what the protesters were really protesting against. Often it seemed that even they didn't really know.

Lightspeed Financial Launches Prime Brokerage Unit

10/17/2011
Lightspeed Institutional offers a prime brokerage platform for institutional investors.

Best Asset Management Advisor Web Sites

10/14/2011
Leading firms now segment advisors based on profitability and behavior, according to research firm kasina.

It's Not A Good Time To Be An Insider Trader

10/13/2011
New investigative techniques and less lenient judges mean life (behind bars) is tougher than ever before for insider traders.

Wall Street Banking Is a Big Disappointment, Bankers Say

10/12/2011
A struggling global economy, U.S. unemployment stuck above 9 percent and slumping stock markets have annihilated the euphoria that Wall Street felt back in 2009.

Wall Street Firms Faced With Thousands of Layoffs, Actively Recruit For Hedge Funds

10/11/2011
Since the financial crisis, big banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America have been struggling to make up for the loss of profit they suffered due to new regulations and a jittery economy.

Wall Street Employees Expect Bonuses To Shrink, But Not Just Yet

10/10/2011
The results of a survey that could delight Occupy Wall Street protesters are in.

Wall Street Witnesses Its Most Costly Leak Ever

10/7/2011
Billions of dollars are at stake for big banks in the Volcker Rule, a draft of which has been leaked.

Steve Jobs' Impact On Wall Street Firms

10/6/2011
A few years ago, it would have been impossible to think that a 9.7-inch touch-screen tablet would be widely adopted by financial organizations on the look out for usually multi-million dollar cutting edge technology that could help their organizations improve their bottom line.

Insider Fraud: Watch Out, Your Bank Could Be The Next One To Lose Billions

10/4/2011
Worryingly, once an incident has occurred, it takes organizations an average of 89 days to discover it.

Occupy Wall Street Protest: Our Readers React

10/4/2011
WS&T readers have some strong opinions on the matter of executive compensation.

Occupy Wall Street: Do The Protesters Actually Have a Point?

10/3/2011
The Occupy Wall Street protest, which has been going on for two weeks, is now rapidly gaining steam and publicity.