EUSPRIG – European Speadsheet Risk Interest Group
EuSpRIG 2010 is presented in Greenwich on July 15-16 and has a impressive line-up of spreadsheet risk experts. Fimodo supports EUSPRIG as it is a great init...
Systems Modelling Ltd – Spreadsheet Review
As part of Fimodo’s setup we welcome specialists in financial modelling and spreadsheets to contribute and share their knowledge and experience. This week Patrick O’Beirne from Systems Modelling Ltd in Wexford presents his views on Peer Reviews of Spreadsheet. Patrick is one of the driving forces behind EUSPRIG’s (European Speadsheet Risk Interest Group) success, and will be p...Read entire article
Are you a financial modelling Expert?
We are looking for more Expert contributors to Fimodo! If you would like to share your views on the topic of financial modelling with a global community then...
What to look for in a Financial Modeller
When you decide your company’s financial models are not as good as they should be, is the first thing you do; send your staff on an Advanced Excel course? Whil...
Which industry sector would benefit the most from improved financial modelling standards?
Fimodo speaks to four financial modelling experts to understand how they see the benefits of financial modelling standards.
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Sequential refinancing
Not surprisingly given the current and expected future market conditions it is becoming increasingly common to see project finance debt being structure...
How are you currently dealing with compatibility issues of Excel 2003 / 2007?
Fimodo speaks to five financial modelling experts to understand how they have (and continue to) deal with compatability issues.
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PPP/PFI Financial Modelling conference in London
SMI Conferences are organising a financial modelling conference in London focusing on the PPP/PFI sector. Fimodo and Corality’s Financial Model Audit team supports this initiative as it aims to improve the quality of financial modelling for PPP/PFI bids....
Modelling Principal Pre-payments-Part 1
“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...
Peter Weatherston – Financial model audits at Corality
Fimodo chats to Peter Weatherston, Financial model audits at Corality.
Pre-operational cashflow modelling in project finance
Modelling pre-operational cashflows
Lets get real and stop modelling discrete ‘construction phases’ in real world transactions.Traditionally finan...
Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF
Fimodo chats to Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF.
How has your approach to financial modelling evolved over your career?
Fimodo speaks to four financial modelling experts to get a brief history of their professional development, and how that has changed over time.
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3 applications of Data Validation in a Project Finance model
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...
‘Real growth’ or ‘Escalation’ – alternative financial modelling approaches
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 t...
Max Wolf, global project finance in Germany (KfW-IPEX-Bank)
Fimodo chats to Max Wolf, global project finance in Germany (KfW-IPEX-Bank).
Russian project finance at Gazprombank, Fazil Gadzhiev
Fimodo chats to Fazil Gadzhiev – Group Head, Project & Structured Finance, Gazprombank.
Nick Crawley’s career in project finance modelling
Fimodo chats to Nick Crawley, Managing Director of Navigator Project Finance.
Debt sizing for minimum DSCR with VBA Goal Seek – Solve for zero delta!
Optimising the maximum debt limit in the structuring phase of a project finance transaction can be made a lot easier if you have a clear dashboard view of wha...
Can Fimodo change the financial modelling world?
There are a number of financial modelling websites out there, and they all have their respective strengths and weaknesses. Over the last few years I have of...