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The Hidden Tax Inside Every Financial Institution

May 8, 2026

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1 min read

The Hidden Tax Inside Every Financial Institution

Thomas McHugh on building a common language for all of finance.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Forge Is Pricing Private Markets

May 1, 2026

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2 min read

Forge Is Pricing Private Markets

Kelly Rodriques on price discovery, the $19 trillion 401K moment and why Chuck Schwab came knocking.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
John Markell & Matt Schwartz: What's Going on Under the Hood in Private Credit?

Apr 22, 2026

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2 min read

John Markell & Matt Schwartz: What's Going on Under the Hood in Private Credit?

The $600 billion software credit problem and the market forming to solve it.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Amar Varma: From Tinder to the Plumbing of Private Markets

Apr 2, 2026

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4 min read

Amar Varma: From Tinder to the Plumbing of Private Markets

Five exits. GP. LP. And the infrastructure problem he couldn't escape.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Talia Klein and the Quadrillion Dollar Utility...

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

Talia Klein and the Quadrillion Dollar Utility...

DTCC: The organization behind every trade you've ever made - and its $10 trillion private markets ambition.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
2.8 out of 5: Private Credit's Verdict on Its Own Infrastructure

Mar 24, 2026

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2 min read

2.8 out of 5: Private Credit's Verdict on Its Own Infrastructure

Introducing PMF's first proprietary research: the state of private credit infrastructure, in data.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Apoorv Saxena on How to Build AI that Actually Works in Finance

Mar 20, 2026

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3 min read

Apoorv Saxena on How to Build AI that Actually Works in Finance

Lessons on how to unleash agentic AI from the best AI CV in finance

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Private equity is "not a growth business"

Dec 15, 2025

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6 min read

Private equity is "not a growth business"

What Apollo sees that others don't (yet)

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Two clocks, one pipeline.

Dec 4, 2025

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7 min read

Two clocks, one pipeline.

and: introducing the Modern Capital podcast

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
The year is not 2008

Nov 13, 2025

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6 min read

The year is not 2008

risk in private credit doesn't cascade

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew

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