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Post crisis market conditions driving Infrastructure strategies

By Nick Crawley on July 30 2010

Lenders are keen on infrastructure but are treading carefully. In the wake of the recent Global Financial Crisis, infrastructure companies will face significant changes to lending practices.

5 ways to improve your Information Memorandum

By Nick Crawley on June 10 2010 | 1 comment In the debt markets, nothing says “unprofessional”, “exercise caution”, ”oh not another developer spruiking their project!” quite like a poorly prepared Information Memorandum (“IM”) and financial model package. Read our tips for getting it right.... Read more

The impact of the Resources Super Profit Tax

By Nick Crawley on May 17 2010 | No comments Australian mining companies face a new tax, the RSPT, which is likely to significantly increase their effective tax rate, download our client briefing.... Read more

Macquarie University, Navigator Prize

By Nick Crawley on May 7 2010 | No comments Congratulations to Timothy Burgess who won the Navigator Project Finance Prize through Navigator's sponsorship of the Project Finance elective at Macquarie University's Applied Finance Centre.... Read more

Free Training April 2010 Winner

By Cathryn Fish on May 7 2010 | No comments Congratulations to Elisee Parfait Feudjio Foka from the African Development Bank who is April's winner of a free project finance modelling course. ... Read more

New Member of the Navigator Team

By Cathryn Fish on April 7 2010 | No comments

Daniel Jordi has joined the Sydney team as an Account Manager. He brings a passion for challenging and building enduring client relationships and is focussed on business development for Navigator's advisory and modelling services.

Financial Modelling for Resources project, Asia Mining Congress 2010

By Nick Crawley on March 17 2010 | No comments

During March I have had the pleasure of speaking at the Australian Institute of Geo-scientists quarterly gathering in Brisbane to an unexpectedly large audience.

Avoiding circular references when modelling DSRA with sculpted principal repayments.

By Nick Crawley on December 10 2009 | No comments I generally don’t post the many questions that I respond to directly from readers but this one I think would an useful insight into something that causes so many model builders, auditors and managers sleepless nights. There is no rocket science (sorry!) just a healthy dose of experience and practicality.... Read more

fimodo - a solid gold financial modelling resource!

By Nick Crawley on November 17 2009 | No comments There are several financial modelling forums available on the web but there have been none that I have felt with the quality and focus required for Navigator to formally publisice our services on or upon which to share my views on an ongoing meanginful basis. I am pleased to say this has changed, since August I have been a member of the financial modelling domain, fimodo.com which carries the straight forward strap line “financial modelling experts sharing their knowledge’.... Read more

A matter of “principal”.

By Nick Crawley on November 15 2009 | No comments Having spent the majority of my professional life involved in the modelling and analysis of project finance transactions it is fair to say that I have spent, more time than most, thinking about and calculating the repayment of debt. This time has also been spent looking at how the calculations can be simplified, made more thorough, easier to understand, more flexible and adaptable for when a transaction progresses.... Read more

Calling all African PF’ers - I am in Lagos until 3/11/09.

By Nick Crawley on October 29 2009 | No comments I rarely write about my trips, often due to confidentiality or lack of time, however I am currently en route to Lagos, Nigeria and I thought this would be an interesting insight into those of you interested in the way we operate at Navigator.... Read more