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		<title>Sequential refinancing</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2010/03/sequential-refinancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly given the current and expected future market conditions it is becoming increasingly common to see project finance debt being structured as a sequential series of loans, each one being refinanced by the next.
I have seen some horrific modelling as&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Modelling Principal Pre-payments-Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2010/01/modelling-principal-pre-payments-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Modelling pre-payments can cause brain failure and will lead to an overly complex model”
At some point in the career of project finance modeller comes the inevitable demand from a manager “but principal pre-payments are in the term sheet so we have&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-operational cashflow modelling in project finance</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/12/pre-operational-cashflow-modelling-in-project-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/12/pre-operational-cashflow-modelling-in-project-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project finance modelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<h2>Modelling pre-operational cashflows</h2>
<em><strong>Lets get real and stop modelling discrete ‘construction phases’ in real world transactions.</strong></em><br />
Traditionally financial models used in a project finance transaction have discrete phases, such as construction and operations, this makes the analysis easier to conceptualise, model and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>3 applications of Data Validation in a Project Finance model</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/3-applications-of-data-validation-in-a-project-finance-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/3-applications-of-data-validation-in-a-project-finance-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data Validation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Data Validation can be applied to restrict a cell’s allowed contents to a range of predefined values or rules. This is a subtle and effective way of allowing the model developer to control the way in which a model user can input&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>‘Real growth’ or ‘Escalation’ – alternative financial modelling approaches</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/alternative-financial-modelling-approaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[escalation modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A common question, especially among resource project developers is whether or not to escalate a particular line item by rate. When asked if this is the way to go I answer with the following questions:
<ul>
<li>Is ‘escalation’ the growth of the</li></ul>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>3 approaches to avoid complex off-sheet references</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/3-approaches-to-avoid-complex-off-sheet-references/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/3-approaches-to-avoid-complex-off-sheet-references/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A key differentiator of the many different Best Practice Methodologies that have been developed, both by in-house and professional financial modelling organisations, is the way in which off-sheet references are treated.
There are several approaches that are out there and they are&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Essential integrity checks for project finance modelling</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/essential-integrity-checks-for-project-finance-modelling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/essential-integrity-checks-for-project-finance-modelling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[project finance modelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Integrity checks are a crucial part of a project finance model. They alert the user when any one or several conditions that need to be satisfied are indeed breached.
They can be broadly split into two categories:
<ul>
<li>“integrity checks”</li>
<li> “commercial</li></ul>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Line Summaries – get the big picture!</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/line-summaries-%e2%80%93-get-the-big-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/line-summaries-%e2%80%93-get-the-big-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rickard Warnelid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Within the first few minutes of starting to build a financial model for project finance, corporate finance or any other sector it becomes clear that a financial model occupies more columns than your screen can show – that shouldn’t be news to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How many Excel Worksheets do you prefer?</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-many-excel-worksheets-do-you-prefer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-many-excel-worksheets-do-you-prefer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When building a financial model, for any discipline, you may want to think about if you want to have lots of worksheets with not much in each one or few but rich in content.
Which would you choose if you were given&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to successfully build portfolio (multi-asset) models</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-to-successfully-build-portfolio-multi-asset-models/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-to-successfully-build-portfolio-multi-asset-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project finance modelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is common practice in project, corporate and structured finance transactions for a financial model to need to accommodate more than just one project, company or instrument. Here are some good tips on how to handle this situation.
<h2>When do you need</h2>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Worksheet tabs – don’t forget a spreadsheet’s third dimension!</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/worksheet-tabs-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-spreadsheet%e2%80%99s-third-dimension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/worksheet-tabs-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-spreadsheet%e2%80%99s-third-dimension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple worksheets are a spreadsheets third dimension, an essential visual navigation aid and a defining property of a model that is efficient to use.
One of the most common ways in which a financial model can become, or be from the outset,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking actual data into a model</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/tracking-actual-data-into-a-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/tracking-actual-data-into-a-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as a project reaches financial close there are costs being incurred and balances to be tracked and so this means that costs and receipts need to be monitored. Ultimately, the implications of this is that the model needs to be&#8230;]]></description>
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