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 July 2012
7/31/2012
Executive pay at banks in the U.S. and Europe are under fire, and shareholders on both sides of the Atlantic have been protesting against what they view as unjustified compensation packages.
7/30/2012
A large number of affluent Millennials have shifted their assets to a different firm over the last three years. Here's a low-down of what wealth management firms need to do to attract, and retain their young clients.
7/27/2012
The exchange, depicted in the popular 1983 film Trading Places, has a history dating back to the New York Cotton Exchange, which was founded in 1870 and later became the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange.
7/25/2012
7/23/2012
The company is launching two new initiatives for U.S-based financial institutions.
7/23/2012
So far, one rule stands out as the most burdensome in the 848-page Act.
7/20/2012
A number of entrepreneurs showcasing their latest inventions to venture capitalists at the FinTech Innovation Lab aim to help financial institutions make better sense of Big Data.
7/20/2012
Chaikin Power Tools is a stock market app developed by the computer pioneer who once built the first real-time analytics workstation for stock traders and portfolio managers.
7/19/2012
The 58-year-old broker who had been with UBS since 2008 and previously worked for Merrill Lynch, went on a rampage with a slingshot.
7/16/2012
The New York Times claims it has obtains documents proving that some elite hedge funds are systematically getting a peek at analyst views ahead of other investors.
7/16/2012
Even as the SEC and CFTC ramp up their technology, they still lack the firepower to effectively police the capital markets.
7/13/2012
Regulators missed multiple red flags that something was amiss. And some of those signs were starkly similar to the clues they also missed in the Madoff scandal.
7/13/2012
Wall Street’s take on ethics and the downfall of PFGBest dominated financial news this week, while the CFTC finally approved rules for derivatives trading and HSBC admitted that for years it had done next to nothing to prevent money laundering.
7/12/2012
Quantitative analytics has seen a 22% spike in recruitment demand compared to 2011, according to job site eFinancialCareers.
7/12/2012
Even as the SEC and CFTC ramp up their technology, they still lack the firepower to effectively police the capital markets.
7/11/2012
Another day, and another bank fails to implement what should be standard controls and procedures.
7/10/2012
Despite recent high-profile insider trading arrests, a new survey of 500 financial professionals shows most do not feel the SEC is effective.
7/9/2012
The unfolding scandal is likely to hit Wall Street's biggest banks. UK regulators are reacting, and the debacle could have long-lasting consequences on the U.S. financial system, experts suggest.
7/6/2012
Apple has hardly changed its tablet since it took Wall Street by storm in 2010. But now it looks like it will be mixing things up a little.
7/6/2012
NYSE gets its very own dark pool following approval by the SEC.
7/3/2012
More than half of financial services firms now allow iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets on the corporate network, but BYOD policies are causing massive headaches for compliance officers.
7/2/2012
As big investment firms face lower returns and more stringent regulation, they are increasingly looking to save dollars by relocating to metro areas outside New York City.