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-SocGen, Firms Increase Focus on Risk

7/31/2008
Better communications and same-day affirmation for derivatives trading are among major concerns for financial firms who want to reduce risk.

E-Discovery: IT Execs Are Overconfident and Underprepared

7/29/2008
A new study shows that there is a big disconnect between IT executives' perceived and actual litigation readiness.

Michael Oxley Says SOX A Burden At First, But Now A Global Trendsetter

7/25/2008
Former U.S. Congressman Michael Oxley, vice chairman of Nasdaq, acknowledges that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act he co-authored was too onerous at first -- but says it has since spurred a global compliance trend.

Talk to Walt (Bettinger)

7/23/2008
Charles Schwab Corp. named Walter W. Bettinger II as its new CEO, replacing the discount brokerage's founder.

Clearwater Launches Money Fund Transparency Platform

7/22/2008
After burning their fingers on mortgage-backed securities, and with financial markets still in turmoil, investors are demanding greater transparency, Clearwater says.

Landmark Launches New BankBroker for Streamlined Compliance

7/22/2008
New features on the data aggregation solution include Alert Monitor, a new compliance feature that provides streamlined compliance through a consolidated view of activities and items on a single dashboard.

Wall Street and the new iPhone 3G

7/18/2008
You want one, but what does your boss think?

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7/18/2008
The new data center will provide hosting, disaster recovery and workspace recovery services for mid-sized to Fortune 500 clients.

Industry Moves and Appointments

7/16/2008
Industry Moves and Appointments

Despite SocGen, Most Firms Still Don't Fully Investigate Suspicious Alerts

7/16/2008
In spite of recent high-profile financial scandals such as the SocGen rogue trader case, most financial firms are still not fully investigating all suspicious activity alerts, according to a new study by Actimize.

Pragma and Weeden Launch Second-Generation Anti-Gaming Logic

7/11/2008
According to Weeden and Pragma, OnePipe Lifeguard's enhanced anti-gaming logic detects and deters more styles of price manipulation strategies without compromising OnePipe's crossing rates.

Investment Firm's Massive Data Breach Caused by File-Sharing

7/10/2008
A data breach at an investment firm has thrown the spotlight on the dangers of allowing employees to use popular online file-sharing software such as LimeWire, after an incident saw an employee use the service to trade music or a movie, and unwittingly expose his organization's entire database to potential criminals.