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12 thoughts from Albertropolis

Jun 27, 2026

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4 min read

12 thoughts from Albertropolis

on building new institutions, AI as a skill and recapturing Victorian optimism

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
The Mutual Fund. The ETF. Here's What Comes Next.

Jun 26, 2026

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2 min read

The Mutual Fund. The ETF. Here's What Comes Next.

Michael Gruener on asset management's third wave - and what breaks on the way through.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Why Apollo Wants Open Rails

Jun 19, 2026

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1 min read

Why Apollo Wants Open Rails

Jake Walker on the path forward...

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
12 thoughts from a week in Berlin

Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

12 thoughts from a week in Berlin

On digestion problems, too many suits, and the case for Schleusenkrug

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
1 in 12 Evergreen Trades Is Failing

Jun 12, 2026

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1 min read

1 in 12 Evergreen Trades Is Failing

Ben Haber on why that number has to reach zero and what Monark is building to get there.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Private Markets Has an Access Problem

Jun 5, 2026

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2 min read

Private Markets Has an Access Problem

Jason Wenk and Michael Miller on how to serve more (and serve better) in private markets.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
MSCI Is Building Data Infrastructure Private Markets Are Missing

Jun 1, 2026

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1 min read

MSCI Is Building Data Infrastructure Private Markets Are Missing

Luke Flemmer on concentration risk, daily PE indexes and why transparency is the only answer.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
S&P Built the Information Layer for Public Markets. Private Markets Is Next.

May 22, 2026

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1 min read

S&P Built the Information Layer for Public Markets. Private Markets Is Next.

Chris Sparenberg on the data private markets is missing and the raw materials S&P is building to fix it.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
What Mid-Market Funds Are Working Through

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

What Mid-Market Funds Are Working Through

Here’s an inside look at what PMF is hearing: A field read on the operating and technology layer at funds 3 to 5.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
Private Markets Have a New Mandate: Serve Everyone

May 15, 2026

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1 min read

Private Markets Have a New Mandate: Serve Everyone

Samir Kaji on what the wealth channel infrastructure buildout still has to solve.

Marc Andrew
Marc Andrew
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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