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

EUSPRIG – European Speadsheet Risk Interest Group

Tuesday, July 6th   1 Comment

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...

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Are you a financial modelling Expert?

Thursday, May 6th   1 Comment

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...

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What to look for in a Financial Modeller

Saturday, May 1st   7 Comments

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...

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Which industry sector would benefit the most from improved financial modelling standards?

Tuesday, April 6th   9 Comments

Fimodo speaks to four financial modelling experts to understand how they see the benefits of financial modelling standards.
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Sequential refinancing

Thursday, March 25th   4 Comments

Not surprisingly given the current and expected future market conditions it is becoming increasingly common to see project finance debt being structure...

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How are you currently dealing with compatibility issues of Excel 2003 / 2007?

Wednesday, January 20th   6 Comments

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

Friday, January 15th   No Comments (yet)

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....

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Modelling Principal Pre-payments-Part 1

Monday, January 11th   6 Comments

“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...

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Peter Weatherston – Financial model audits at Corality

Monday, January 11th   3 Comments

Fimodo chats to Peter Weatherston, Financial model audits at Corality.

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Pre-operational cashflow modelling in project finance

Monday, December 14th   3 Comments

Modelling pre-operational cashflows

Lets get real and stop modelling discrete ‘construction phases’ in real world transactions.
Traditionally finan...

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Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF

Thursday, December 3rd   3 Comments

Fimodo chats to Andy Hucknall, PPP financial model audit at PKF.

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How has your approach to financial modelling evolved over your career?

Tuesday, November 24th   1 Comment

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

Friday, October 16th   10 Comments

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...

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‘Real growth’ or ‘Escalation’ – alternative financial modelling approaches

Monday, October 12th   5 Comments

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...

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Max Wolf, global project finance in Germany (KfW-IPEX-Bank)

Thursday, October 8th   No Comments (yet)

Fimodo chats to Max Wolf, global project finance in Germany (KfW-IPEX-Bank).

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Russian project finance at Gazprombank, Fazil Gadzhiev

Monday, October 5th   1 Comment

Fimodo chats to Fazil Gadzhiev – Group Head, Project & Structured Finance, Gazprombank.

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Nick Crawley’s career in project finance modelling

Sunday, September 27th   1 Comment

Fimodo chats to Nick Crawley, Managing Director of Navigator Project Finance.

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Debt sizing for minimum DSCR with VBA Goal Seek – Solve for zero delta!

Friday, September 18th   15 Comments

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...

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Can Fimodo change the financial modelling world?

Tuesday, August 25th   2 Comments

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...

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