Since their introduction in the 1980s, spreadsheet programs (e.g. Microsoft® Excel) have become ubiquitous and essential tools in finance. Millions of dollars regularly depend on the quality and accuracy of financial models. But complex cash flow models in spreadsheets can be hard to trust, because they are hard to understand and change. Errors often lurk undetected ... until it is too late.

In 1995, Babcock & Brown, an investment bank in business for over 25 years, empowered a team of finance professionals and programmers to address these concerns. Their mission: to re-think financial modeling from first principles, rather than make incremental improvements to existing programs. The result: Advantage for Analysts®.

Advantage for Analysts® is not a spreadsheet add-in. It is a program that streamlines and focuses your modeling while maintaining the free-form structure of spreadsheets. It helps you build better financial models because it works the way you think.

U.S. Patent No. 6,957,191. Additional patents relating to Advantage technology are pending in the U.S. and internationally.