Whittaker D. Corporate Finance Modelling and Analysis. A Practical Guide

L.: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2011. — 197 p.This book has been specifically written to address the financial modeling and analysis needs for corporate finance transactions and projects. Readers may currently be at the beginner or intermediate level. However, it is also useful for managers who require a further understanding of the process without having to go through the learning curve of actually becoming hands on. The major areas which require analysis are addressed by the use of relevant extracts of a demonstration financial model for example purposes. Readers will be able to go through the process of building the financial models on a step by step basis with reference to the example exercises at their own pace, providing an excellent source of skills transfer. It is important to note that the figures or the Excel example logic used in this book do not represent any past, current or indeed future corporate finance transactions or projects of any kind. The numbers and results contained herein are purely fictional.
This book includes a series of Illustrations. It is important to note that some Illustrations are provided as part of the book’s text and others are provided as Excel examples separately.
The approach taken is to firstly build a financial forecasting model for an existing unquoted company that will help to demonstrate the logic behind the modules required and therefore providing a basis for the development of each of the corporate finance modeling and analysis projects that will later be demonstrated in this book.