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Upcoming Financial Modeling Seminars Schedule in Athens

Upcoming Financial Modeling Seminars by Financial Arena

financial modelling seminarsThe 4th series of our Financial Modeling seminars will begin on December with the following schedule:

1. “Introduction to Financial Modeling”

    • Friday, December 18 from 9am till 5pm
    • Saturday, December 19 from 9am till 4pm

Total seminar duration: 15 hours

Click here for more details on this introductory financial modelling seminar or email us at customercare[@]financialarena.gr

2. “Advanced Financial Modeling & Risk Analysis” 

    • Sunday 20th of December ,from 9am till 5pm OR
    • Monday 21st of December, from 9am till 5pm

Total seminar Duration: 16hours

Click here for more details on this more advanced financial modelling seminar or email us at customercare[@]financialarena.gr with any possible questions.

All financial modeling courses will take place at a centrally located hotel in downtown Athens, Greece and each class will have a maximum number of 10 participants so that to ensure the quality of training.

financial modeling seminar dealTake advantage of our early bid registration offer (through 18 November, 2015) and save 20% of the initial seminar price. For a limited number of participants there is a special discount, when you register to attend both our seminars that saves you up to 50% of the overall investment.

For more information / feedback please contact us at customercare[@]financialarena.gr or at info[@]myfinancialmodeling.com

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Modeloff – The 2012 Financial Modeling World Championships sponsored by Financial Arena

Challenge your friends and colleagues to the very first Financial Modeling World Championships.

Financial Arena is very proud to support this inauguaral event.

ModelOff is a fun, innovative and professional competition for students and young professionals to develop and test their financial modeling skills against their friends, colleagues and top modelers from around the world. Participants from over 100 countries compete in two online qualification rounds with a finals event held in New York.

 

 

ModelOff has two online rounds that start on Saturday October 13 2012, with a live Finals event in New York.

Watch the trailer here:

Compete for US$65k in cash prizes (major prizes from S&P Capital IQ and Microsoft)!
join now :
http://bit.ly/financialmodelingchallenge

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Introduction to Financial Modeling

A highly practical, hands-on course designed to allow participants to expand the functionality of spreadsheets and learn how to build financial models in Excel.

The course will take concepts and issues introduced in the core finance and financial accounting courses and introduce participants to the practical application of financial modeling using Excel. Seminar participants will be required to build robust and reliable model for a particular decisions while they will refresh basic and more advanced finance topics like time value of money, capital budgeting (discount cash flows analysis, weighted average cost of capital – WACC etc) and portfolio management topics.

 Seminar Objectives

As a result of taking this seminar, you should be able to:

1. Learn  important Excel concepts and functions and understand which formulas are needed in different cases.

2. Overview financial models and document model assumptions

3. Learn to use Excel for sensitivity analysis and scenarios

4. Get familiar with key features of good model design

5. Master several excel shortcuts to speed up data analysis

6. Create dynamic charts and present data effectively.

 Prerequisites

The seminar is designed for users who use Excel from time to time and want to take their skills to the next level. It is assumed that participants have a basic knowledge of the core functionalities of Excel and are in position to easily navigate within the spreadsheet, create and use simple formulas and link between workbooks.

Application – Software Used

Participants are required to bring their own laptops and have installed Excel 2007 or 2010, Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader and PowerPoint.  Mac users need Excel 2011 for the spreadsheet part and can use the respective applications for opening word documents, presentations and pdf files, although we would suggest them to work with the Windows version of Excel (via Parallels Desktop, Boot Camp, VMware Fusion or other similar applications).

Who Should Attend

Financial Analysts, Accountants, Finance Managers, Consultants, Valuation & Budgeting Professionals, Investors, Business Students wishing to develop modeling skills.

Locations / Venues

Our courses in Athens are held in our Training Center at Holargos while when we run them in other cities (Thessaloniki) are held in centrally located hotels. Registration fees include morning cofee/tea and refreshments. Detailed venue descriptions, times and logistics are included in the material we send after your register for the course.

 

Instructor – Short Bio

Mr. Dimitris Leimonis has more than 18 years of experience in a wide range of roles in investment management, banking, and professional financial training industry. Dimitris has extensive knowledge of the financial industry, with both practical and analytical experience, which makes him a very successful financial modeling expert. He has built, developed and used financial models to analyse risk, test scenarios, forecast results and optimize business and finance variables.

While working for a major asset management firm in SE Europe, Dimitris acquired extensive investment experience by managing a range of mutual funds and affluent client’s portfolios. He has worked as a mutual fund manager, managing money market, bond and equity mutual funds with AUM around €2billion. He has strong quantitative and analytical skills with an ability to understand complex financial structures and his a passionate financial trainer of advanced finance topics, like Financial Modeling, Portfolio Management, Derivatives, & Fixed Income.

Dimitris started his academic studies in Banking & Finance and continued with post-graduate studies with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Lebow College of Business – Drexel University, specializing in Management Information Systems and Investment Management.  He has extensive corporate training experience and key involvement in the development of the training program of one of Greece’s largest financial institutions.

Certified by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission as Portfolio Manager and Investment Consultant.

Specialties/ Key Skills: Financial Modeling, Risk Analysis, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Financial Analysis, Business Analysis, Financial Education and Training

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