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Agile Financial Modelling in 30 seconds

Building financial models is an inherently difficult and complex task. Most guidance on managing the model build process recommends a traditional life-cycle approach of Specify, Design, Develop, Test, Deploy. When applied to most financial modelling assignments this approach doesn’t...

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The Listening Online Course

In all of our online courses – whether free or not – we want to engage with you as much as we can

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FAST Fundamentals – Multiple Language Subtitles

We’ve designed FAST Fundamentals for those who have completed our free "31 days to better financial modelling" online course and are looking for their next step.

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New FAST Online Course Launched

FAST Financial Statement Modelling will give you the essential model construction and design skills you need and will teach you to apply them to the complexities that arise from a case study

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10 useful (and easy) things to remember about FAST modelling

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The more we give away; the more people want to buy from us

"If the stuff shared for free is good, then how much better must the stuff they charge for be?"

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Should FAST be good for everything?

Standards in themselves do not promote good or best practice. They simply promote a way of doing things that is commonly understood by the community that chooses to adopt them.

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The Financial Modelling Handbook needs your help

The Financial Modelling Handbook is looking to produce the first version of the handbook and it is looking for your input and help.

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Spreadsheets play a critical role in business decision making globally

Warren Buffet famously said “Beware of geeks bearing formulas”.

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Assessing ROI of your financial modelling training – 5 questions to ask

The best courses will recognise that there is work to be done once the classroom course is finished.

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Spreadsheets are a laboratory: a place to test business hypotheses

Once the modeller understands how a particular area of a business works commercially, it is much more straightforward to create a spreadsheet model.

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What to do when you screw up a model

You may know the feeling, or probably will at some point. That tensing of the stomach, sinking and slightly sick feeling when you spot the mistake

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With falling oil prices, shedding staff is exactly the wrong thing to do

The oil and gas industry is not good at managing price downturn cycles. Shareholders use short-term criteria to reward top management.