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.

Vestmark To Enhance SteelPath's Managed Account Platform

6/30/2010
Vestmark will provide SteelPath with solutions to automate many of the labor-intensive processes associated with managed account trading and administration.

FCStone Partners With Integral to Launch Comprehensive FX Platform

6/29/2010
A feature of FCStone's FX platform is the ability for customers to see a complete list of market makers with their associated price streams.

FFastfill Selects Corvil For Latency Management Of Trading Infrastructure

6/28/2010
FFastfill is deploying CorvilNet to pro-actively manage latency for exchange and client connectivity.

TGIF: Apple Offers iPhone 4G Advice: Don't Hold The Phone 'That Way'

6/25/2010
Here is a video showing you what happens when you hold the phone...

Simple IT Restructuring Has Failed To Provide Cost Benefits

6/25/2010
CIOs are now looking to reposition IT as a hub of innovation, driver of enterprise-wide collaboration and provider of more sophisticated, brand-differentiating technology products and services, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

GoldenSource Launches Data Warehouse

6/24/2010
By linking data elements relating to the same object, the data warehouse will create an enterprise-wide view of risk, performance and compliance for clients.

Broadridge Announces New Connectivity Service To SWIFT's Accord For Securities Matching Service

6/24/2010
SWIFT Accord for Securities is used by prime brokers and executing brokers to match equity and fixed income trades executed by the global hedge fund community.

SIFMA's Most Popular Booth

6/23/2010
Rarely, if ever, has SIFMA seen such excitement. As Lance Donovan scored the winning goal for Team USA's World Cup match against Algeria, a loud cheer echoed around the show floor.

CDW New Team Focuses On Low Latency, Trading Desk Efficiency

6/22/2010
CDW’s high performance computing offerings include InfiniBand architecture, 10 gigabit Ethernet switching, solid state memory, high availability/high volume storage, high performance servers and power management systems.

The Possible Long-Term Benefits of High-Frequency Trading

6/22/2010
Despite the controversy surrounding high-frequency trading, the trading style actually is beneficial to long-term investors and to the market at large, argues Arzhang Kamarei, Managing Partner, Tradeworx.

Endace Launches Low Latency Packet-Capture Probe

6/21/2010

Voltaire Launches New Low-Latency Layer 2/3 Switch For Next Generation Data Centers and Cloud Computing

6/21/2010
The switch supports converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE) capabilities enabling the consolidation of multiple network tiers and fabrics, significantly reducing infrastructure expenses, according to the vendor.

NYSE And Corvil Launch Website Dedicated To Latency Transparency Across Exchanges And Market Data

6/17/2010
The site, LatencyStats.com, was created to serve as a basis for best practices in latency transparency, and is a free online tool that allows market data publishers and users to compare latency performance on a like-for-like basis as verified by Corvil.

FinAnalytica Integrates FINCAD Analytics Into Risk Management, Portfolio Allocation Platform

6/17/2010
Cognity, FinAnalytica’s risk management and portfolio allocation platform, directly addresses the real world phenomenon of fat tails, volatility clustering, skewness and correlation asymmetry, FinAnalytica said in a release.

Firm58 Provides New Online Financial Portal for NYSE Euronext’s U.S. Equities and Options Markets

6/15/2010
The new billing facility provides members with self-service access to daily balances, historical data, and trade-by-trade level detail.

ISITC Releases New Market Practice Addressing Security Collateral Settlements

6/14/2010
Firms who undertake to adopt the standards set forth in the Market Practice will benefit from increased efficiency and cost savings, according to ISITC.

Finantix And NorthStar Team Up On Wealth Management Solution

6/11/2010
Finantix’s CRM tools and the recently released iPad and iPhone apps for wealth management will be offered together with NorthStar’s SaaS solution for financial advisors.

TGIF: Feeling Stressed At Work?

6/11/2010
Feeling stressed out at the end of the week? For a little light relief, check out this video compilation of the most potentially stressful work situations and how office workers reacted to them...

Lessons Learned From The Flash Crash

6/11/2010
In this video clip, Advanced Trading editor-at-large Ivy Schmerken talks with Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of consultancy firm TABB Group about the buy-side's shifting view of U.S. equity market structure since the May 6 flash crash, and what the SEC is doing to address the market's concerns.

Sophis Launches Risque 6.1 To Address New Risk Management Challenges

6/10/2010
The solution addresses risk associated with structured products, security finance, counterparty risk and reporting.

ZL Technologies Offers Enterprise-Class Social Media Archiving

6/10/2010
The new service offered via the integration of FaceTime’s Unified Security Gateway, follows guidelines recently introduced by FINRA regarding the need to develop policies around the capture and retention of any potentially business-related social media communications.

Thomson Reuters Aims To Transform News Consumption With Interactive Video Platform

6/9/2010
The video platform offers voice-generated transcripts of each video and allows users to intelligently search the content on the platform.

IPC And CyberTech Partner to Develop And Deliver Voice Recording and Compliance Solutions

6/8/2010
Working together enables both companies to provide better customer support through the integration of trader voice communications platforms and recording, along with single point of contact for management and support, IPC said

10 Priorities of Financial Regulatory Reform

6/8/2010
Issues Congress's Financial Regulatory Reform should address include trade flow, consumer visibility and orderly liquidity and reporting, according to Capco.

Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed By FCIC (video)

6/7/2010
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs for failing to comply with a request for documents, according to CNBC.

Options IT Launches PIPE Momentum Financial Application Hosting Service

6/7/2010
PIPE Momentum provides a fully managed hosting service for financial applications spanning the front, middle, and back office.

DTCC Begins Aggregating Trade-For-Trade Obligations To Help Industry Reduce Costs And Enhance Efficiencies

6/3/2010
The service reduces the number of trade-for-trade transactions requiring financial settlement.

Data Management a Top Priority for Wall Street Firms

6/2/2010
While improving data quality long has been viewed as a back-office efficiency play on Wall Street, the financial crisis and ensuing regulatory scrutiny have thrust data management into the spotlight, transforming it into a top business priority.

PrimeVest Implements Broadridge's Portfolio Accounting And Reporting Service

6/2/2010
The Aspire service delivers performance reporting, advanced portfolio analytics, and lot-level cost basis tracking and reporting in a single package.

Larger Financial Firms Win Big With Greater Focus on Growth, Highly Educated Workforce

6/1/2010
Larger financial firms will continue to outperform their small rivals due to their primary focus on growth, a highly educated workforce and a more adaptable IT infrastructure, according to a new global survey of investment managers released by SimCorp StrategyLab.