Airlines have been hedge-trimming, but where are they now?
It’s been a round ride for airline operators over the last 3 years. Just when you think things are re-stabilising after
Leveraged buyouts (or “LBOs”) explained
One of our tech team was reviewing and testing our website and pointed out that whilst we were selling LBO modelling,
Know your Numbers! – Modelling PPE and Capex
Let me start by saying that in financial analysis, valuation and modelling there is no substitute for knowing your numbers! This
Conduct- Putting the pieces together
The subject of organisational conduct is very topical. Time was, that organisations, managers and society turned a blind eye, did not
Portfolio Optimisation in Excel
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Top 10 Microsoft Excel Tips
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Picking the Perfect Portfolio Post-Pandemic – Part 2
I wrote the first part of this blog around 8 weeks ago and left you with some food for thought. Go
Adventures in biotech 3
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Picking the Perfect Portfolio Post-Pandemic – Part 1
Well, of course, there is no perfect portfolio post-pandemic, but I wanted a bit of alliteration so there it is. The
The adventure in biotech continues….
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Capital City Training speak to Business Money: Bridging the gap with online financial training
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An adventure in biotech venture capital
We’ve blogged already about looking inside funds and having looked at some mainstream funds like Fundsmith and Tech funds, I thought
How to cook up a storm and bankrupt a hedge fund
From the lockdown baking book of finance… Forget the lockdown sourdough baking challenge that has trended over the last year, we
Diversity: is bias baked into your boardroom?
Last month, we blogged about the importance of avoiding cognitive biases in investment decisions. Such biases can also be dangerous in business
Visionary carmaker Iacocca offers vital management lessons for today
I recently read a 1985 copy of ‘Iacocca: an autobiography’ and was surprised to find many crucial and timely lessons for today’s
Volatile year puts investors at high risk of emotional errors
Extreme market volatility is underlining the importance to investors of staying disciplined and avoiding damaging emotional mistakes. Stock markets have experienced unprecedented
The sad waste of bright talent due to poor data visualisation skills
With data volumes growing 50 times in the last decade, using visualisation to present information effectively has become a critical skill. If
Under the bonnet of a fund
New Excel tools help investors see true value of funds Spreadsheet data extraction enables better fund holdings analysis – what you find
Is statistical ignorance choking us?
The Covid-19 pandemic has made it brutally clear that politicians struggle to understand simple statistics. But they are not alone – too
Creditors must guard against a wave of dirty tricks in the pandemic
Investors and lenders risk being caught out by a wave of corporate dirty tricks as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause financial
How to avoid the Covid bear-trap of bad debt
Act-1 of the COVID crisis drew to a close with the end of lockdown and the start of "back to the (new)
Don’t get burned by zero-based budgeting
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across global economies, companies are cutting costs ruthlessly to survive. But it can be dangerous to
Snow Camp Charity
We have been involved with raising money for Snow-Camp for 5 years now and it’s a chance to give back to the
Confessions of a private investor
I have been managing my own money for over 15 years: in 2000, I gave up the safety of a bank salary