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Assessing competition and markets
We help clients with…
Introducing competition to the provision of public services, by helping governments evaluate the benefits of competition in providing public services. We also help them develop sector approaches and PPP models to increase private investment, and to improve and maintain a high-quality service.
Freight Forecast Due Diligence for Inland Multimodal Terminal, Australia
Castalia performed due diligence on the proposed intermodal freight terminal at Moorebank in Sydney. To support the investment required, project developers needed independently verified freight projections. Read more
Competition Analysis for Merger of the Port of Tauranga and Ports of Auckland, New Zealand
Castalia developed a strategy to gain competition authority approval for a merger between the Ports of Auckland and the neighboring Port of Tauranga. To prevent harmful competition that was leading to wasteful duplication of capacity, the two ports wanted to merge, so they coordinate investment. Read more
Maximizing Finance Development in Transport
Castalia worked with the IFC to help governments structure PPPs to attract private investment for transport infrastructure projects, by developing tools that would show them how to de-risk projects. Congestion and poorly maintained highways impact welfare and reduce opportunities for trade and economic growth. If governments don’t have the money to maintain and develop transport systems, countries will be affected by increasing congestion as urbanization rises. Read more
Services
Regulatory regimes for access to bottleneck infrastructure, such as ports and airport access rules. We assist regulated service providers and ... Read more
Setting tariffs for transport projects in both transaction and regulatory setting. For expressways and public transportation, we consider willingness to ... Read more
Government monitoring, managing and accounting for fiscal risks arising from PPP in the transport sector, by modeling contingent liabilities arising ... Read more
Identifying projects that could be developed with private finance- both for governments and investors. We also help them calculate how ... Read more
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments, using economic and financial models to forecast benefits, costs and cash flow; determining ... Read more
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments, using economic and financial models to forecast benefits, costs and cash flow; determining ... Read more
Blending private and public finance into viable deal structures. We combine government and multilateral grants, loans and guarantees with commercial ... Read more
Managing transactions, by supporting governments and investors in sales and acquisitions of major port, airport, expressway, and public transit projects ... Read more
Rethinking how they structure transport projects for private investment. We have developed guidance materials for multilateral development banks and governments, ... Read more
