The area of financial models and Excel related projects is constantly evolving. We work with the most sophisticated clients and invest time and resources to make sure that we stay ahead and always do our best to share our knowledge with our clients and interested parties. In this blog we will present and discuss thoughts and situations worth highlighting for anyone working with financial models in any capacity.
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I was asked by a client recently for guidance on the ‘usual practice’ for calculating project NPV. I had to think a bit about it...
We audit your Excel PPP/PFI/Project Finance financial model while you are sleeping – The time zone advantage in using an Australian model audit company for European project finance/PPP/PFI projects.
On Sunday night I was contacted for a last minute change of schedule of the pre-conference financial modelling workshop of Terrapinn Corporate Finance World at the Marriott in Sydney. The organised presenter, Nick Crawley, MD of Navigator had cancelled due to health issues following his trip last week to Nigeria.
Financial models are used for a number of reasons depending on the situation. All too often I see financial models being developed on the implicit assumption that they are to be used to analyse a project or transaction on a stand alone basis.
Charles Darwin’s ‘survival of the fittest’ is a concept that most people with some sort of rational background agree to. Would Darwin say that these principles are working in financial modelling?
I have been active on a number of financial modelling websites over the years. So far I haven’t found anything that gives me what I am looking for so with the team at Corality I decided to do something about it.
In project finance transactions it is common practice to use debt sculpting when sizing the debt - i.e. finding an appropriate level of debt from the lenders point of view. In our VBA training courses I have found that one of the most appreciated methods is what we refer to as the ‘sequential goal seek’ so I would like to share this method today.
In the same way you wouldn’t tell a mother that her new born baby is not as cute as she would like to think, it can sometimes be challenging to communicate the quality of a financial model to the author.
