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Principles of Financial Modelling: Model Design and Best Practices Using Excel and VBA

Principles of Financial Modelling: Model Design and Best Practices Using Excel and VBA

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  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9781118904015
  • Published In: March 2018
  • Format: Hardback , 544 pages
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    The comprehensive, broadly-applicable, real-world guide to financial modelling

    Principles of Financial Modelling – Model Design and Best Practices Using Excel and VBAcovers the full spectrum of financial modelling tools and techniques in order to provide practical skills that are grounded in real-world applications. Based on rigorously-tested materials created for consulting projects and for training courses, this book demonstrates how to plan, design and build financial models that are flexible, robust, transparent, and highly applicable to a wide range of planning, forecasting and decision-support contexts. This book integrates theory and practice to provide a high-value resource for anyone wanting to gain a practical understanding of this complex and nuanced topic. Highlights of its content include extensive coverage of:

    • Model design and best practices, including the optimisation of data structures and layout, maximising transparency, balancing complexity with flexibility, dealing with circularity, model audit and error-checking
    • Sensitivity and scenario analysis, simulation, and optimisation
    • Data manipulation and analysis
    • The use and choice of Excel functions and functionality, including advanced functions and those from all categories, as well as of VBA and its key areas of application within financial modelling

    The companion website provides approximately 235 Excel files (screen-clips of most of which are shown in the text), which demonstrate key principles in modelling, as well as providing many examples of the use of Excel functions and VBA macros. These facilitate learning and have a strong emphasis on practical solutions and direct real-world application.

    For practical instruction, robust technique and clear presentation, Principles of Financial Modelling is the premier guide to real-world financial modelling from the ground up. It provides clear instruction applicable across sectors, settings and countries, and is presented in a well-structured and highly-developed format that is accessible to people with different backgrounds.

  • Preface xxv

    About the Author xxvii

    About the Website xxix

    PART ONE Introduction to Modelling, Core Themes and Best Practices 1

    CHAPTER 1 Models of Models 3

    CHAPTER 2 Using Models in Decision Support 7

    CHAPTER 3 Core Competencies and Best Practices: Meta-themes 15

    PART TWO Model Design and Planning 23

    CHAPTER 4 Defining Sensitivity and Flexibility Requirements 25

    CHAPTER 5 Database Versus Formulae-driven Approaches 37

    CHAPTER 6 Designing the Workbook Structure 47

    PART THREE Model Building, Testing and Auditing 57

    CHAPTER 7 Creating Transparency: Formula Structure, Flow and Format 59

    CHAPTER 8 Building Robust and Transparent Formulae 79

    CHAPTER 9 Choosing Excel Functions for Transparency, Flexibility and Efficiency 105

    CHAPTER 10 Dealing with Circularity 117

    CHAPTER 11 Model Review, Auditing and Validation 143

    PART FOUR Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis, Simulation and Optimisation 153

    CHAPTER 12 Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis: Core Techniques 155

    CHAPTER 13 Using GoalSeek and Solver 163

    CHAPTER 14 Using VBA Macros to Conduct Sensitivity and Scenario Analyses 171

    CHAPTER 15 Introduction to Simulation and Optimisation 177

    CHAPTER 16 The Modelling of Risk and Uncertainty, and Using Simulation 187

    PART FIVE Excel Functions and Functionality 199

    CHAPTER 17 Core Arithmetic and Logical Functions 201

    CHAPTER 18 Array Functions and Formulae 217

    CHAPTER 19 Mathematical Functions 229

    CHAPTER 20 Financial Functions 243

    CHAPTER 21 Statistical Functions 257

    CHAPTER 22 Information Functions 299

    CHAPTER 23 Date and Time Functions 307

    CHAPTER 24 Text Functions and Functionality 313

    CHAPTER 25 Lookup and Reference Functions 325

    CHAPTER 26 Filters, Database Functions and PivotTables 355

    CHAPTER 27 Selected Short-cuts and Other Features 387

    PART SIX Foundations of VBA and Macros 395

    CHAPTER 28 Getting Started 397

    CHAPTER 29 Working with Objects and Ranges 413

    CHAPTER 30 Controlling Execution 425

    CHAPTER 31 Writing Robust Code 441

    CHAPTER 32 Manipulation and Analysis of Data Sets with VBA 455

    CHAPTER 33 User-defined Functions 473

    Index 493

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