Joachim Hacker is Professor of Corporate Finance at Munich University, Germany. He is Director and co-owner of the German Institute of Corporate Finance (GICF) and the European Institute of Financial Engineering and Derivatives (EIFD). Prior to his academic career, Joachim Hacker was a Vice President at Rothschild in the Mergers & Acquisitions department. He holds a PhD in economics and one in law from the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Dietmar Ernst is Professor of International Finance at Nurtingen University, Germany, where he teaches investment banking, corporate finance, valuation and M&A. He is also a Director and co-owner of the German Institute of Corporate Finance (GICF) and the European Institute of Financial Engineering and Derivatives (EIFD). His career spans academia and finance and where he was previously an Investment Manager at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW). He holds a PhD in economics from University of Tubingen, Germany, and one in Natural Science from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

Will be used for the Certified Financial Modeler accreditation, a joint training program of the German Institute of Corporate Finance and the German Stock Exchange

Helps plug a gap across numerous disciplines where there is a dearth in the understanding of financial applications of Excel and VBA amongst finance practitioners

Supported by an e-learning platform featuring 1400 exercises covering all areas of the book

Chapter1.Financial Modeling Standards.-Chapter2. Model Review.-Chapter3.Excel Workshop(1).-Chapter4.Excel Workshop (2).-Chapter5. Excel Workshop (3).-Chapter6. VBA Workshop.-Chapter7. Investment Appraisal.-Chapter8. Financing.-Chapter9. Corporate Finance (1).-Chapter10. Corporate Finance (2).- Chapter11. Portfolio Management (1).-Chapter 12. Portfolio Management (2).-Chapter 13. Derivatives.