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.

Northern Names Geographic-Specific Transition Management Leadership

5/31/2007
Grant Johnsey to head Northern Trust Blobal Investments' (NTGI) North American transition management operations, with Simon Hutchinson leading international operations

Symark Software Releases PowerBroker 5.0

5/31/2007
Software is designed to enhance security and simplify delegation of administrator priveleges.

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5/31/2007
Advisers can use the Wealth Designs platform to gather information about their clients' objectives and automate the production of investment proposal recommendations.

Eagle Investment Management Solutions Suite Version 8.0 Launched

5/31/2007
Eagle Investment System's version 8.0 also introduces the Eagle Data Mart, which enables clients to generate information for access using third-party report and query tools.

AIIM Industry Watch Survey Shows Records Management Problems Prevail

5/31/2007
Twenty percent of large organizations report that no department within the company has specific responsibility for managing electronic records, AIIM Industry Watch survey says.

Market for Wealth Management Compliance Systems Set to Jump 15% by 2011

5/30/2007
Investment advisors are expected to spend the most as they are among the fastest growing but most regulated group of advisers. But hedge funds are also likely to increase spending.

SEC Makes Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance A Little Easier

5/24/2007
In a move that will put a smile on the faces of large and small financial services firms, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has approved guidelines that will make it easier - and less costly - to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Meanwhile, the PCAOB body that oversees auditors, has voted on changes to audit rules too.

7 out of 10 Popular Web Applications are Dangerous

5/23/2007
A new study has found that the Web application security landscape is still fraught with danger - and financial services firms had better watch out. At least seven out of popular 10 Web applications have vulnerabilities that could potentially lead an unauthorized party to steal critical personal information such as social security numbers or transfer money to their accounts, according to a report by Santa Clara, Calif-based Cenzic .

Surge In Fixed Income Trading Drives Need For A Single Data Management Platform

5/21/2007
Recent surge in trading volume products in the U.S. has spurred a need for a single platform that can manage data across asset classes, instruments, and region, Aite Group report says.

DTCC Hires Citigroup Risk Veteran Douglas George

5/18/2007
Douglas George, who has risk management experience with such companies as JPMorgan and Citigroup, will lead The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.'s (DTCC) enterprise risk management (ERM) efforts.

Sarbanes-Oxley Costs Take a Nose Dive

5/16/2007
Costs to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley governance law dropped last year for the third year in a row, largely because managers have been spending less time on reviews.

SEC Imposter Alert

5/10/2007
Not only do companies have to worry about stolen laptops, rogue employees and hackers -- now they also have to worry about fake SEC examiners.

SEC Regs Too Much? Try Trading in 103 Foreign Countries

5/10/2007
With full implementation of Reg NMS just around the corner and MIFID looming in Europe, broker dealers on both sides of the Atlantic are busy navigating new regulations. But what are the regulatory implications for a broker dealer who executes deals with countries around the world? New York-based securities firm Auerbach Grayson provides trade and post-execution services in 103 countries, representing more than 250 equity and equity derivatives