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Avoiding circular references when modelling DSRA with sculpted principal repayments.
Avoiding circular references when modelling DSRA with sculpted principal repayments.

By Nick Crawley on December 10 2009

Hi all I generally don’t post the many questions that I respond to directly from readers but this one  I think would an useful insight into something that causes so many model builders, audito

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fimodo - a solid gold financial modelling resource!
fimodo - a solid gold financial modelling resource!

By Nick Crawley on November 17 2009 | No comments

There are several financial modelling forums available on the web but there have been none that I have felt with the quality and focus required for Navigator to formally publisice our services on o

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A matter of “principal”.
A matter of “principal”.

By Nick Crawley on November 15 2009 | No comments

Having spent the majority of my professional life involved in the modelling and analysis of project finance transactions it is fair to say that I have spent, more time than most, thinking about and

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Calling all African PF’ers - I am in Lagos until 3/11/09.
Calling all African PF’ers - I am in Lagos until 3/11/09.

By Nick Crawley on October 29 2009 | No comments

I rarely write about my trips, often due to confidentiality or lack of time, however I am currently en route to Lagos, Nigeria and I thought this would be an interesting insight into those of you i

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Mineral Asset Reporting and Valuation.
Mineral Asset Reporting and Valuation.

By Nick Crawley on September 25 2009 | No comments

I was asked to present a financiers perspective of the mining valuation process at the Mineral Asset Reporting and Valuation conference or

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Attack of the Mac!
Attack of the Mac!

By Nick Crawley on September 23 2009 | No comments

Modelling issue on a Mac (again)

There are plenty of people looking at the pro’s and con’s of modelling on an Apple Mac at the moment so I won’t write a thesis on the matter but thought I

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Avoiding the OFFSET function
Avoiding the OFFSET function

By Kenny Chew on September 2 2009 | No comments

Continuing from Nick’s recent post on the multi lingual translator, I have recently learnt that for some reason the German version of Excel does not translate the OFFSET function, which makes it difficult although not impossible to use.

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Make your Excel formula bar larger!
Make your Excel formula bar larger!

By Kon Kim on August 25 2009 | No comments

Presenting a financial model

Let me layout the scene for you. You have a room full of executives, directors, and managers.

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PPP Asia 2009 - A brilliant conference!
PPP Asia 2009 - A brilliant conference!

By Nick Crawley on August 25 2009 | No comments

PPP Asia 2009 was a fantastic success.

The location for the Singapore event was, Royal Plaza on Scott was a great training location, upmarket but well positioned for companies with a close

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Focus paper on modelling the DSCR, LLCR and PLCR metrics
Focus paper on modelling the DSCR, LLCR and PLCR metrics

By Nick Crawley on August 19 2009 | No comments

Our project finance ratios tutorials have grown up!

We have had hundreds of requests recently for more detailed information on modelling the key senior debt metrics. Well we listened!

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Navigator is hiring a wave of analysts
Navigator is hiring a wave of analysts

By Nick Crawley on August 13 2009 | No comments

At Navigator we are always busy.  A strong client base and a determined work ethic means that we are either modelling, training or flying!

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