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If you wish to sign up for email updates from the FAST Standard, please use the form on this page. If the form is not showing properly on your browser, you can also sign up here.
You can also contact the moderators of the FAST Modelling Standard directly:
I am attempting to sign up for your e-mail updates. But your form on the right hand side of your website is not displaying properly (all of the fields have collasped on top of each other.) Would love to be added.
Diane – thanks for letting us know – we’ll look into it. Can I ask what browser you’re using? In the meantime I have added you to the list – you should get an email asking you to confirm your sign up. Thanks for singing up. Kenny
Why don’t you make the FAST format MACROS publicly available on the website? I understand you have to cover costs, but if the objective is to promote the FAST standard then surely you want the widest diffusion of the basic materials as possible. For more advanced training then sure – for those who can afford it – people can register for the training sessions. I am not currently in that position and would like the a copy of the MACROS without having to build them for scratch based on guess work from the videos and the standard document.
I have been building financial models for over 20 years. I date back to before Excel. I very much like the idea of standardized modeling. I would be interested in helping to develop a certification.
At the last company I worked for I was the only person that could follow the spreadsheet that Goldman sent us. It was correct but had a lot of constants in the formulas with no clue where they came from.
Likewise I got to review Ernst & Young’s spreadsheet about FASB 133, accounting for derivatives. Unfortunately it had error in the programming, not the concept. I fixed and sent it back. EY actually sent a thank you.
I can easily see how some sort of standardization would make this type of review much easier.
FAST… what an excellent discovery! I’ve been modelling spreadsheets since 1981 with VisiCalc. I’ve set my own standards for font color meanings, organization, constant handling, etc. People at the companies I’ve been with found my ideas and standards either marvelous or laughable. “Oh… it has colors in it. Ray must have made it.” But I’ve become the Excel Guru wherever I’ve been.
One problem now is that I cannot find the link to download the PDF from this website. I want in on this! Thanks.