The Financial Modelling Podcast

What will the workplace of the future look like?  According to Adi Kaimwoitz, it's not necessarily the offices of the firm or client you work for!  Adi Kaimowitz is CEO of Virtual Actuary, a company that empowers actuaries to utilize cutting edge technology platforms, as they apply actuarial techniques to deliver insights which are pre-emptive, precise and practical.  In this podcast, I ask him about this innovative business model.

He has authored 54 books about Microsoft Excel, Power Pivot and Power View.  He publishes books about Microsoft Office. You will find him on the road doing live Power Excel seminars for 35 events a year. He has over 2000 Excel videos on YouTube.  He is regarded as an Excel master and is known online as Mr Excel.  In this podcast., I ask him what's next for Microsoft Excel.

Hedging is incredibly important, especially for large infrastructure projects which run the risk of being underfunded if currency and interest rates move in the wrong direction!  In this episode, I chat with Lionel Kruger who provides infrastructure hedging strategies.  We discuss the importance of hedging and how it is done.

In this FMP Short Stuff episode, I discuss the DSCR.  Why is the DSCR so important that banks make it a covenant?  Best you do not breach this key ratio which dictates how easily you can service your debt in any given period from cash flow.  The DSCR is a key metric for any deal and shows how capable a project is of paying its debt. 

Africa contains enormous potential, and firms need to think hard about where to focus their efforts on the African continent.  Celeste Fauconnier and Neville Mandimika are Africa investment experts who assess opportunities and analyse the risks of various African markets.  Join me as I discuss their latest Where to Invest in Africa report.

Welcome to FMP Short Stuff where we discuss financial model essentials in five minutes or less!  Today we discuss the financial model audit and why it is so important.

What does it mean to be a financial modeller?  The Financial Modeling Institute is standardising this skill by offering professional certification in the form of the Financial Modeling exams, from Level 1 (Advanced Financial Modeler) to Level 3 (Master Financial Modeler).  The FMI  is advancing the financial modelling profession by delivering and administering the Financial Modeling Certifications and supporting high-quality education and training for financial professionals.  In this interview, I chat with Ian Schnoor from the FMI.

Chandoo.org is one of the top online Excel resources, with tutorials on everything from dashboards to financial modelling.  Chandoo is the CEO, or Chief Excel Officer, of Chandoo.org, which provides training on Excel and PowerBI.  He is also an Excel MVP.  In this interview, I chat with Chandoo about Excel trends and how he became an Excel master.

Spreadsheets are amazing tools - versatile and capable of many different jobs.  Unfortunately, the same ease of usability and access means they can be a source of risk.  How can companies effectively manage the risk of many spreadsheets and processes running throughout the organisation?

ClusterSeven enables enterprises to understand, manage and monitor their key business applications that sit outside of IT’s control, such as Excel Spreadsheets.  In this episode, I interview Alex Subba Row from ClusterSeven to talk about what this risk is and how it can be managed.

Very few people decide to uproot their entire lives and start a new business on a different continent, but Sean Keough did just that!  Join me through sometimes patchy audio quality as I chat to Sean about business in Ethiopia, a country averaging growth over 10% per annum over the past 10 years.

Sean runs Ethiopia Investments Limited, a permanent capital vehicle focused on Ethiopia and is also an executive director of EQOS.  EQOS Global is Ethiopia's first business process outsourcing (BPO) company. The Company provides various ICT services (data entry, data quality, data cleansing, data mining, data transcription and database management services) for customers located in the US and the UK.