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Project with Multiple SPV’s for Roof-top Solar and Real Estate
Energy Project Finance – Solar, Wind, Thermal, Hydro
Solar Project Finance Models
On-Shore and Off-Shore Wind Project Finance Models
Project Finance for Thermal Electricity Plants
Hydro Project Finance Models
Traffic Project Finance (Toll Roads, Bridges, Air, Sea & Bus Ports)
Toll Road Project Finance
Sea Port Models
Airport Project Finance Models
Real Estate (Hotels, Commercial Buildings, Mixed Developments)
Hotel Project Finance
Commercial Real Estate and Lease Roll
Residential Real Estate Modelling
Mixed Development and Investment Portfolios of Projects
Collateral Debt Obligations and Other Modelling in Real Estate
Resource Project Finance (Mining, Oil, Agriculture)
Mining Models
Downstream Oil and LNG
Agriculture Project Finance
Upstream Oil Project Finance Models
Project Finance Models for PPP’s (Perpetual Pending Projects)
Value for Money Analysis
Other PPP Examples (Parking and Street Lights)
University PPP Examples
Other Project Finance (Paper, Manufacturing, Storage, Shipping)
Manufacturing Project Finance
Project Finance Credit Analysis Examples
Building a Project Finance Model and Project Finance Theory
Revised A-Z Project Finance Modelling
Modelling Religion, Criminal Behaviour and Time Lines
High Crimes in Project Finance Modelling
Flexible Timelines in Project Finance Models
Audit Tests in Project Finance Models
Structure of Project Finance Modelling and Setting-up Order of Modules
Transparent Formulas in Project Finance Models
Operating, Tax and Depreciation
Expiration of NOL in Project Finance
Financing Exercise without Circular Reference
Debt Service Reserve Accounts
Cash Flow Waterfall and Financial Statements
Project Finance Theory
Multiple Debt Issues – Sculpting and Balloon
Structuring Multiple Issues and SUMIF
Sculpted and Non-Sculpted with Fixed Repayment
Multiple Sculpted Issues
Financing with Multiple Debt Issues
Separation into Balloon Payment and Sculpting
Non-Constant DSCR in Sculpting
Sculpting with Multiple Issues and Curved DSCR
Debt Sculpting with Fixed Debt, Average Debt Life and Minimum DSCR
Sculpting in Project Finance — Part 1
Sculpting Fundamentals and Non-Constant Interest Rates
Repayments with Debt to Capital Constraint and Constant DSCR
Incorporating Taxes in Debt Sculpting and Simple UDF Functions
Sculpting in Project Finance — Part 2
Sculpting and Debt Fees (Including Fees for DSRA L/C)
Interest Income on the DSRA and Sculpting
Including Releases or Deposits to DSRA in DSCR and Sculpting
Actuals, Model Review, Monthly Modelling, Currency Adjustment
Incorporating Actuals in Project Finance
Reviewing Project Finance Models and Laying on a Bed of Nails
Currency Adjustments, Taxes and Debt
Monthly Model with Semi-Annual Debt Service
Learning Crimes from Horrible Models
Original A-Z (More Basic) Project Finance Modelling
Structuring Debt in Project Finance – Theory and Practise
Introduction to Structuring Issues; Screw the Blah, Blah, Blah
Debt Sizing
Debt Sizing Philosophy and Debt/Cap vs DSCR
Developer Fee Theory and Analysis
Debt Sizing and Cost Padding with Debt/Capital Constraint
Taxes, Step-up Margins and Other Debt Sizing Issues
Development Fees, Profit Sharing and Theory
Debt Funding
Funding of Construction: Pro-Rata versus Equity Up-Front
Pre-COD Operating Cash Flow
Equity Bridge Loans (EBL)
IDC on Subordinated Debt and Project Cost
Development Fee Timing
Debt Repayment
Sculpted, Annuity and Equal Installment Economics
Repayment and Multiple Tier Capacity Payment
Reverse Sculpting with O&M Contracts
Ballon Payments and Sinking Funds
Interest Rates and Fees
Theory of Credit Spreads in Project Finance
Computation of Implied Probability of Default and BS of Damoradon Country Premiums
ECA Financing, Premium and Debt IRR
Economics of Floating and Fixed Interest Rates in Project Finance
Interest Rates in Different Currencies and Inflation Rates
Credit Protections
LLCR and PLCR Complexities and Meaning for Break Even
DSRA with DSCR and LLCR
Cash Sweep and Risk versus Return
DSRA Economics with L/C and Funded
Covenants with LLCR and Prospective DSCR
Re-Financing Analysis
Circular Reference: Don’t be a Copy and Paster
Template Circular Reference Solution – A Real Innovation in Project Finance Models
Parallel Model Concept Introduction
Applying Parallel Model with UDF to Your Models – Fundamental Cases
Applying the Parallel Concept to Your Model — Multiple Debt Issues
Applying the Parallel Concept to Your Model — Complex Project Finance Issues
Circular Reference with UDF – Basic On-Line Course
Implementing the UDF/Parallel Model Pre-COD
Circular Reference – DSRA
Circular References from DSRA and Cash Sweep
Circular Reference On-Line Course – Advanced UDF’s
Overview of Circular References Hitting the Wall in Project Finance
Circular Template Technical Details Part 1: Reading Data into UDF
IRR Alternatives and McKinsey B.S.
IRR is not B.S
McKinsey Critique of IRR is B.S.
Overview of IRR Mathematics and MIRR Problems
Resolution of Problems with IRR
IRR with Changing Discount Rates and Assumed Sale
Payback Period
Alternative to IRR – Weighted Average ROIC
Structuring Contract Incentives and Penalties
General Notion of Back-to-Back Contracts
Contracts and Risk/Return Tradeoffs in Project Finance
Distortions from Contract Penalties and Efficiency
Economics of Incentives and Penalties
Analysis of Counter-Party
Tax Equity and Developer Incentives
A-Z Tax Equity Modeling
A-Z Tax Equity Model with Fixed Flip Date
Fundamentals of Yield based Flips and Partnership Allococation
Detailed Model with Periodic Cash Flows
Tax Equity Structures in U.S. – DRO’s, Stop Loss, Outside Capital Account …
Outside Basis (Tax Basis)
Inside Capital Account (704(b))
Minimum Gain and Safe Harbor
Performance Incentives for Developers
Financial Modelling Interviews in a Torture Chamber to Freak You Out
Corporate Finance
Featured Corporate Finance Models
M&A and LBO Concepts and Featured Models
Corporate Model of Amazon and Cement to Demonstrate A-Z Modelling
Financial Model Beginning with ROIC and Growth to Derive Value
Food and Beverage Examples with Advanced Valuation and Historic Data
Air Freight and Corporation as Portfolio of Investments
Financial Institution Analysis – Banks and Insurance
First Solar Corporate Model and Danger of High ROIC
Other Corporate Finance Models (New Store Analysis and Construction)
Other Corporate Models
Building a Corporate Model and Corporate Finance Theory
Corporate Finance Theory, Magic Potion and McKinsey B.S.
A-Z Step by Step Corporate Model with Theory and Mechanics
Overview of Corporate Model Theory and Practice
Acquiring Data for Corporate Model
Computation of ROIC After Bringing In Data to the Model
Assumptions Section of Corporate Model
Structure of a Corporate Model
Structuring Valuation in Corporate Model
Converting Standalone Model to Acquisition Model
Corporate Model Basic A-Z On-Line Course
Learning from Horrible Corporate Models
Tricky Problem of Computing NOL with Expiration After Given Period
Tabulating Annual Sums in Monthly or Quarterly Models
Advanced Corporate Finance and Valuation
Use of Proofs in Corporate Valuation Analysis
Partial Year Discounting and Timing in DCF Analysis
Nuances in the DCF Model
Stable Cash Terminal Cash Flow in DCF — Working Capital, Taxes and Stable ROIC
Normalised Cash Flow in DCF Calculations – Stable Level of Capital Expenditures Consisitent with Terminal Growth
Bridge from Enterprise Value to Equity Value
Advanced Multiples and Value Driver Formula
Using the Value Driver Formula to Access Value
Understanding P/E and EV/EBITDA Multiples
Biases in McKinsey Value Driver Formula Part 1 – Changes in Growth Rate
Biases in McKinsey Formula Part 2 – Inflation Distortions
Financial Statement Analysis and Calculating ROIC
Reconciliation of IRR on Single Investments with ROI for the Corporation
Valuation and Modelling of Financial Institutions and Insurance
ROIC Issues and Measurement from Asset Impairment, Service Companies and Dispositions
Complex Issues in Acquisition Analysis
M&A On-Line Courses and Exercises
Comprehensive Acquisition Modelling Exercise
M&A Modelling Fundamentals On-Line Course
LBO On-Line Course
Pro-Forma Balance Sheet Exercise
Modelling Tax Issues in M&A
Depreciation in Corporate Models
Depreciation with Different Asset Vintages and Rates Using UDF
Computing the Implied Retirements from Financial Statement Information
Economic Depreciation and Reconciling IRR with ROI
Circular References in Corporate Models
Hellish Corporate Modelling Interviews to Make you Nervous
Databases & Graphs
Databases that Retrieve Data from the Internet with Automatic Updates
Comprehensive Stock Price, Economic Variables, Commodity Prices and Exchange Rate Analysis
Comprehensive Financial Database if You Cannot Afford Bloomberg
Commodity Price Database Including Futures Download
Country Economic Database from FRED
Interest Rate and Credit Spread Analysis from FRED
Using Current Currency Database For Invoices etc.
Purchasing Power Parity Database and Exchange Rates
Database of Solar Costs
Creating Databases that Retrieve Data — On-Line Course
A-Z Course on Reading and Summarising Data
On-Line Course for Creating Database from FRED
On-Line Course for Reading Stock Prices
On-Line Course for Using Webrequest Method
Advanced Issues in Creating Economic Databases
Finding Data with Range Names in Same Path
Making Flexible Graphs
List Boxes and Check Boxes for Flexible Graphs Incl #NA Fix
#NA Trick and Flexible x-Scale
Multiple Check Boxes for Creating Graphs
Making the NA Series Title Not Appear on Graphs with Multiple Series
Creating List Boxes from Developer Tab for Graph
Flexible Graphs with Index Including Spinner Blank Line Skip
Waterfall Chart Templates (Excel 2010 and 2013)
Football Field Diagrams
Scatter Plots and Bubble Diagrams
Graphs and Dynamic Range Names with Offset
Statistical Analysis in Finance
Excel Forecasting and Exponential Smoothing
Autocorrelation in Excel
Budgeting Analysis and Pivot Tables
Database Analysis VBA
Risk & Cost of Capital
Data Tables, Scenarios and VBA
Fundamental of One-Way and Two-Way Data Tables
Better Data Tables with VBA
Data Tables with Goal Seek using VBA
Scenario Reporter, Tornado and Spider Diagrams
Scenario Analysis with Diagrams, Spinners and Reset
Using the Scenario Reporter
Scenario Analysis with Index and Data Table
Fundamentals of Creating a Tornado Diagram and Creating Sensitivity Analysis
Creating a Spider Diagram with a Two-Way Data Table
Advanced Tornado Diagrams and Waterfall Charts for Sensitivity Analysis
Monte Carlo Simulation
Ease of Adding Monte Carlo Simulation to Financial Models
Monte Carlo Simulation with Alternative Distributions
Time Series Equations for Monte Carlo Simulation
Correlation Between Variables in Monte Carlo Simulation
Replication of Black Scholes with Monte Carlo Simulation
Outage Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation
Equity Cost of Capital
Introduction to Cost of Capital Measurement and CAPM Problems
Using a Regression of the Price to Book Ratio and ROE to Derive Cost of Equity
Using the Price to Earnings Ratio to Derive the Cost of Equity
Transferring Wealth with (Damarodan) Country Risk Premia
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Debt Beta from Credit Spreads Rather than Assuming Zero Debt Beta
Proof of Valuation Using Ku or WACC without Interest Tax Shield
Resolution of Tax Shield on Interest Expense in WACC
WACC Adjustment to Correct Valuation of Tax Shields
Credit Spread and Credit Analysis
Credit Analysis, Bond Ratings and Financial Ratios
Credit Analysis and Corporate Models
Implied Probablity of Default from Credit Spreads
Merton Model and Credit Analysis in Project vs Corporate Finance
High Credit Spreads and Stealing from Developing Countries
Swaps, Options and Futures
Energy Analysis
Renewable Resource Analysis (Solar, Wind, Hydro)
Solar Financial Resource Analysis and LCOE
Solar Uncertainty Analysis (P90, P95 etc.)
Wind Financial Resource Analysis with Power Curves
Wind P99, P90, P50 (1-year, 10-year) and Debt Sizing
Wind Power and Merchant Prices
Hydro Resource Analysis and Power Equation from Gravity
Storage Hydro Peak Shaving
Analysis of Actual Variation in Hydro, Wind and Solar Production
Examples of Resourse Analysis
Worldwide Merchant Electricity Prices
Philippines Merchant Electricity Prices: WESM
Nordpool Merchant Electricity Prices
Turkey Merchant Prices
UK Merchant Prices
German Merchant Electricity Prices
U.S. Merchant Electricity Prices
Electricity Merchant Prices from ISO’s
Australia Merchant Electricity Prices
Korea Merchant Electricity Prices
Merchant Capacity Prices
Levelised Cost of Energy and Carrying Charges
Three LCOE Methods and Seven Value Drivers
Carrying Charge Analysis Part 1 — No Debt, No Taxes, No Inflation
Carrying Charges Part 1 – Fundamentals
Carrying Charge 2 — Inflation in Carrying Charges in Renewable Energy Prices
Carrying Charges — Inclusion of Taxes in Carrying Charge Rates
Carrying Charges — Effect of Debt in Analysis
LCOE Database
Battery and Storage Analysis
Introduction to Battery Analysis (kWh versus kW)
Battery and Renewable in Wholesale Market
Microgrid Analysis with Battery – Version 2.0
Retail Rate Analysis of Batteries and Solar
Battery Analysis and Carrying Charges
Battery Analysis and Merchant Prices
Microgrid Anaysis with Battery – Version 1.0
Storage from Batteries and Ancillary Services
Marginal Cost of Electricity and Evaluation of Strategy
Short-term Marginal Cost Presentation and Analysis
Long-term Marginal Cost and Load Duration Curve
Demand Analysis and Hourly Simulation
Conversions and Heat Rates
Outage Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation
Market Price C++ Model
Mini Grid and Solar Rooftop
Microgrid Analysis with Demand Analysis, Solar, Battery, Mini hydro, and Diesel
Battery and Solar Home Systems versus Kerosene
Solar Roof-top On-Line Course
Resource Analysis of Oil and Gas
Excel and VBA
Read PDF to Excel
Using Read PDF
Union UDF & Master List
VBA Explanation
European Numbers
A-Z Case 1
A-Z Case 2
Generic Macros File (Colouring and Copy to Right)
Formatting Sheets (CNTL,ALT,C)
Copy to the Right (SHIFT,CNTL,R)
Additional Short-Cuts
Re-setting your Model
Sheet Name Remove
External Link Find
Delete Blank Row
VBA Explanations
Interpolate-Lookup Function
UDF Functions for Financial Models
Payback UDF
Sum #NA etc.
XMIRR UDF
Volatility UDF
Depreciation Vintage UDF Function
End of Quarter UDF
Dynamic Goal Seek
Repayment Function..Varying Rates
Spinner Boxes, Dropdown Boxes and Other Forms
Useful Short-Cuts and Creating Your Own Short-cuts and Other
Table of Contents Marco and Hyper Link Macros
Clean Data Extracted from SEC Website
Goal Seek Macro – Your First
Cases etc.
Case Studies of Failed Project and Corporate Finance Investments
Dabhol – IPP Analysis and Project Finance
Corporate Finance Case Study – First Solar in 2010
Project Finance Model Case Study of Solar
Housing Values, Loans and Structured Finance in U.S. Housing Crisis
Petrozuata – Oil Project Finance
Expert Testimony
Cost of Capital Testimony
Testimony on Cost of Service and Rate Design
Generation Companies
Forecasting and Statistical Analysis
Testimony on Productivity
Testimony on Project Finance
New Book
Slides Used in Project Finance and Corporate Finance Analysis
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Project Finance and Corporate Finance Theory
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