Archive - Wall Street Fintech

BlackRock Endgame: Building the Internet of Risk

Why has BlackRock spent almost $30bn on private markets acquisitions?

Jan 7 •

July 2024

Why did BlackRock spend $3.2bn on Preqin?

BlackRock to acquire private markets data provider Preqin for 13x 2024 revenue

Jul 3, 2024 •

February 2024

The Definitive History of Private Credit

From the days of Drexel Burnham Lambert to the "Golden Age"

Feb 13, 2024 •

August 2023

Bob White (Founder, RCA) on Building a $950m Data Business in Commercial Real Estate

Data startups and the founding of Real Capital Analytics

Aug 28, 2023 •

53:59

July 2023

Jody Kochansky - Building the Operating System for Capital Markets

Discussing the origin story behind BlackRock Aladdin

Jul 25, 2023 •

55:56

Assets, classes, and cultures

What defines an asset class?

Jul 11, 2023 •

June 2023

Why do chickens hatch eggs faster than banks settle loans?

An introduction to broadly syndicated loans and the loan trade settlement process

Jun 29, 2023 •

May 2023

BloombergGPT is going to replace the analyst

Analysts are fundamentally chat-based interfaces that senior finance professionals use to gather, organize, and output data

May 9, 2023 •

April 2023

Well, what do you cover then?

The tech, systems, and people that run Wall Street.

Apr 27, 2023 •

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