http://feeds.feedburner.com/FinancialModelingPodcast http://www.financial-modeling-podcast.com en-us ℗ & © 2010 FAST Modelling Standard A podcast about Financial Modelling, presented by Kenny Whitelaw-Jones FAST modelling standard Practitioners, researchers, managers, bankers, auditors, advisors and all round modelling geeks talk financial modelling, corporate finance, project finance, and business management Practitioners, researchers, managers, bankers, auditors, advisors and all round modelling geeks talk financial modelling, corporate finance, project finance, and business management Kenny Whitelaw-Jones kenneth@whitelaw-jones.com FAST modelling standard History of the FAST modelling standard History of the FAST modelling standard In this first episode I speak to Morten Siersted of F1F9 and John Richter of Financial Mechanics about the history and development of the FAST modeling standard 22:00 Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:58:02 GMT financial, modeling, modelling, excel, finance FAST modelling standard Interview with Tom Grossman on the Business Analysis Lifecycle Business Analysis Lifecycle In this podcast we talk to Tom Grossman, Associate Professor of Business Analytics at the University of San Francisco about the Business Analysis Lifecycle framework that he helped to develop. 20:00 Tue, 4 May 2010 04:58:02 GMT financial, modeling, modelling, excel, finance, business analytics FAST modelling standard Interview with Jerome Brice on the business and process of model audit Model Audit with Jerome Brice In this podcast we talk to Jerome Brice, Partner at Accountancy firm Mazars about the business and process of model audit. 22:00 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:58:02 GMT financial, modeling, modelling, excel, finance, business analytics FAST modelling standard Simon Thorne of EUSPRIG previews the 2010 conference Preview of EUSPRIG In this podcast we talk to Simon Thorne about the upcoming 2010 EUSPRIG conference. The topic of this year's conference is 'Practical steps to defend organisations against out of control spreadsheets' 11:00 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:58:02 GMT financial, modeling, modelling, excel, finance, business analytics FAST modelling standard Ray Panko discusses human error research and the implications for financial modellers Human Error in spreadsheet modelling, with Ray Panko In this podcast we talk to Ray Panko about human error research in general, and error rates in spreadsheets specifically. 22:00 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 04:58:02 GMT financial, modeling, modelling, excel, finance, business analytics, human error research FAST modelling standard Hugo Teixeira of West LB discusses the impact of the financial crisis on financial modelling Impact of the financial crisis on financial modelling, with Huho Teixeira of West LB In the first of a two part programme, Hugo Teixeira of West LB gives the background to the financial crisis and what the impact has been on financial modelling 20:00 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance, business analytics, financial crisis FAST modelling standard Hugo Teixeira of West LB discusses the impact of the financial crisis on financial modelling Impact of the financial crisis on financial modelling, with Huho Teixeira of West LB In the second of a two part programme, Hugo Teixeira of West LB gives the background to the financial crisis and what the impact has been on financial modelling 20:00 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance, business analytics, financial crisis FAST modelling standard Alasdair Black and Tim Purton of the City of Edinburgh's Strategic Project team' Standardisation of financial modelling in the City of Edinburgh Council Alasdair and Tim discuss the initiative they are leading to standardise financial modelling accross the Council 20:00 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance, business analytics, financial crisis FAST modelling standard Gavin Townshend of Laing discusses what business users needs from financial models What do business users need from financial models, with Gavin Townshend from Laing Gavin Townshend of Laing discusses what business users need from financial models 20:00 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance FAST modelling standard What's coming up in the next few months What's coming up in the next few months Kenny and Morten provide some frankly lame excuses for not podcasting over the last few months 8:00 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance FAST modelling standard Collaborative modelling: Part 1 of 2 How to make collaborative modelling work - the "conceptual modeller" perspective Yann Pleindoux from Rebel Group discusses how they make collaborative modelling work on their projects 20:00 Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance FAST modelling standard Collaborative modelling: Part 2 of 2 How to make collaborative modelling work - the "spreadsheet engineer" perspective Dhruva Poonia from F1F9 discusses how they make collaborative modelling work with clients across the globe 19:16 Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance FAST modelling standard Andrew Watson, Quayle Munro on he importance of the financial model How financial models are used to raise robust funding for a project and act as an objective test of a project's viability. Andrew Watson of Investment Bank Quayle Munro on the how models are at the heart of the transactions they advise on. Andrew also outlines why the model is the heart of a Project Finance transaction and therefore the importance of model transparency. 15:45 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance, project finance, investment banking FAST modelling standard Neil Rutledge, Grant Thornton on Local Asset Backed Vehicles An overview of the Local Asset Backed Vehicle procurement process works, the benefits of this project structure and the associated risk sharing mechanisms. In this interview you'll learn what a Local Asset Backed Vehicle ("LABV") is, how the procurement process works, the benefits of this procurement method and the associated risk sharing mechanisms.. 13:15 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modeling, financial modelling, excel, finance, project finance, investment banking FAST modelling standard Tim Stone, KPMG on the outlook for PPP in the UK Where will the new PPP deal flow come from? Tim Stone shares his views on the UK PPP pipeline, the development of the next generation of public / private partnerships and why Australia is the place to be for PPP 12:10 Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, finance, project finance, investment banking, business, investment, banking, economics FAST modelling standard Robert-Jan Bakker of Deloitte, on the European Renewable Energy Market European Renewable Energy Robert-Jan Bakker of Deloitte in the Netherlands gives an overview of the Renewable Energy in Europe 8:22 Thu, 26 Jun 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, finance, project finance, investment banking, business, investment, banking, economics, renewable energy, Deloitte FAST modelling standard Robert-Jan Bakker of Deloitte, on their experience of implementing the FAST standard Implementing FAST Robert-Jan Bakker of Deloitte shares their experience of implementing the FAST modelling standard in their modelling team 3:55 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, finance, project finance, investment banking, business, investment, banking, economics, Deloitte FAST modelling standard Professor Özgür Özlük of San Francisco State University talks about his views on FAST and Excel FAST and Excel In this interview Professor Özgür Özlük of San Francisco State University talks about his views on FAST and Excel, visiting the F1F9 modelling team in Delhi, and when it is okay to break the rules. 18:16 Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, San Francisco State University, Delhi FAST modelling standard Mark Somerset of Intergen talks about Financial Modelling in the Energy Sector Financial Modelling Mark Somerset of Intergen talks about Financial Modelling in the Energy Sector particularly in the construction of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Stations. 12:19 Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, Intergen, Energy FAST modelling standard Tim Tucker talks about Financial Modelling in the Development Sector Financial Modelling Tim Tucker is a Business & strategy planner, and manager with over 20 years international experience in sector & business analysis and general management in agriculture (including plantation management and smallholder schemes). Offering a unique combination of practical management and consulting skills in general agriculture and marketing that can be applied at senior levels in both the corporate and development sectors. In addition, accumulated wide-ranging experience in business restructuring in sugar industries around the world including Kenya, India, Nepal and Barbados. This is coupled with a track record of business analysis and restructuring in food processing enterprises in other countries including Egypt, Zambia, Russia, Ukraine, and Iraq. 23:01 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, development FAST modelling standard Felienne Hermans on spreadsheet smells Financial Modelling Felienne is a PhD student and an entrepreneur in the field of spreadsheets. Her PhD thesis centers around techniques to extract information from spreadsheets and present that in a visual way, to support users in improving and understanding them. In 2010 Felienne founded Infotron, a start up that uses the algorithms developed during the PhD project to analyze spreadsheet quality for large companies. In her spare time, Felienne volunteers as a judge for the First Lego League, a world wide technology competition for kids. 26:23 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:00:02 GMT financial modelling, financial modeling, excel, software, analysis