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.

FIX Flyer Releases 3.0 Build of FIX Engine

12/22/2008
Latest High Speed Transformation Engine also makes debut.

Risk Management Is Wall Street's Top Priority for 2009

12/18/2008
Poor risk management is at the heart of the current financial crisis. Firms will have to implement new risk management practices and governance to shore up their performance, satisfy regulators and win back investors' trust.

Financial Firms Turn to Social Media to Attract New Gen X, Y Clients

12/18/2008
Retail brokerages and banks have increasingly been using social networking to attract and retain clients. But with social networking tools and sites proliferating, firms need to ensure that they connect with their target audience and provide content quality controls.

Wall Street Recruiters and Employees Increasingly Use Social Networking for Career Management

12/17/2008
In today's economy, employees need to make sure they are ready for the next job, which means keeping up with contacts as well as with developments in their fields. Recruiters also need to make sure they use the latest tools available to find the best candidates.

Regulators Set to Tighten Grip, Focus on Accountability and Transparency in 2009

12/17/2008
The current financial meltdown has been partially blamed on a lack of regulation. To correct the problems that contributed to the crisis, regulators should target specific problem areas while making sure they don't overregulate and asphyxiate the markets.

Wealth Managers Focus on Reassuring Clients During Economic Downturn

12/17/2008
Amid the current economic crisis, firms are placing more emphasis on communicating with clients more frequently to review their financial situations, confirm the wisdom of their asset allocations and current holdings, and convince them to get back into the market.

U.S. to Have Competition in Clearing Business for First Time in 40 Years

12/17/2008
The potential competitors are a mix of horizontal and vertical models and ownership structures that includes existing utilities, exchanges, clearing entities or quite possibly a combination of two or all three, according to TABB Group partner Robert Iati.

Asset Managers Seek More Efficient Distrib Strategies

12/17/2008
While many expansion plans have been put on hold, distribution executives are considering alternatives to maintain adviser coverage, according to a new report from kasina.

5 Tips to Cut Data Center Energy Use

12/17/2008
Most data centers waste enormous amounts of electricity using inefficient cooling designs and systems. Gartner gives some tips which could save millions of kilowatt hours annually.

Madoff and the SEC: how could the Wall Street exec have fallen through the cracks?

12/17/2008
SEC chairman Christopher Cox admitted the agency missed repeated opportunities to discover what may be the largest financial scam in history. But just how could the SEC have failed to notice the red flags for so long?

Update on the Madoff Scandal (media roundup)

12/17/2008
As the dust settles on the Madoff scandal, the SEC blames itself for a decade-long failure to investigate the Wall Street executive. Meanwhile, Madoff is scrambling to find any remaining friends to keep him out of jail. Here's the latest media roundup on the scandal:

HSBC, BNP Paribas, Nomura, RBS among victims of Madoff fraud

12/15/2008
HSBC, BNP Paribas and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are among the global finance giants who invested in funds managed by Bernard Madoff and are now counting their losses.

Pink slip parties are all the rage on Wall Street (audio)

12/12/2008
At one such party, laid-off Wall Streeters wore pink glow-in-the-dark bracelets, while recruiters wore green ones, according to this MarketPlace segment.

Meet your (next?) boss

12/10/2008
With banks continuing to announce massive layoffs and the financial crisis set to last well into 2009, Wall Street workers are increasingly looking for virtual places to discretely network, share bad news and further develop job skills.

Recommind teams up with Open Text to boost e-discovery services

12/10/2008
The combined platform is designed to help companies collect and hold only the data necessary for any given investigation.

Merlin Securities offers new tool for hedge funds to meet new SEC regs

12/8/2008
The new tools simplify reporting of short positions.

Market Volatility is Forcing U.S. Equity Traders to Change Their Execution Strategies

12/3/2008
According to a new TABB Group report, equity traders are changing the way they use capital, transact trades in blocks, embrace algorithms and crossing networks and view their relationships with brokers

SEC cracks down on credit rating agencies

12/3/2008
New rules crack down on conflict of interest by credit rating agencies, which have been criticized for contributing to the current financial crisis.

Kaplan Streamlines Complaint Tracking for Broker-Dealers

12/3/2008
The solution allows broker-dealer firms to initiate and manage complaints from a single interface.