# Wall Street Fintech

Follow along to learn about the tech, systems, and people that run Wall Street.

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## [Building the place Americans go to start their families](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/building-the-place-americans-go-to)

_2026-06-15 · Van Spina_

1.5 years of silence, why IVF in America costs 2x what it should, and what we're doing to fix it.

## [BlackRock Endgame: Building the Internet of Risk](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/blackrock-endgame-building-the-internet)

_2025-01-07 · Van Spina_

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

## [Why did BlackRock spend $3.2bn on Preqin?](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/why-did-blackrock-spend-32bn-on-preqin)

_2024-07-03 · Van Spina_

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

## [The Definitive History of Private Credit](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/the-definitive-history-of-private)

_2024-02-13 · Van Spina_

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

## [Bob White (Founder, RCA) on Building a $950m Data Business in Commercial Real Estate](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/bob-white-founder-rca-on-building)

_2023-08-28 · Van Spina_

Data startups and the founding of Real Capital Analytics

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/136465039/4340d4d5daa2850e92fa1db81b0a9e61.mp3)

## [Jody Kochansky - Building the Operating System for Capital Markets](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/jody-kochansky-building-the-operating)

_2023-07-25 · Van Spina_

Discussing the origin story behind BlackRock Aladdin

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/135418149/8f1cb89bb18792d6debdf85fd851eb61.mp3)

## [Assets, classes, and cultures](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/assets-classes-and-cultures)

_2023-07-11 · Van Spina_

What defines an asset class?

## [Why do chickens hatch eggs faster than banks settle loans?](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/why-do-chickens-hatch-eggs-faster)

_2023-06-29 · Van Spina_

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

## [BloombergGPT is going to replace the analyst](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/bloomberggpt-is-going-to-replace)

_2023-05-09 · Van Spina_

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

## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YWTN8BlRfVTd)

_2023-05-09 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Well, what do you cover then?](https://wallstreetfintech.substack.com/p/well-what-do-you-cover-then)

_2023-04-27 · Van Spina_

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