Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nicholas Chia

Centennial Asia Advisors deliver timely and accurate economic and political analysis to investors, focused on anticipating key turning points that affect the client’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Clients include public agencies and central banks, as well as fund managers and investment banks. The company draws strength from its flexibility to tailor products to fit client’s specific interests. It provides detailed macro-economic forecasts, scenario analysis and timely assessments of how specific major economic and political developments may affect a client’s areas of interest. At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way.

Economist

The Philippines: Hale and Hearty Growth, but Time to Watch the Risks

Philippine Reforms: Some Progress, Along with Setbacks

The Philippine Congress in a Race Against Time

The Philippines: Tax Reforms Hamstrung by Politics

Philippines: More Theatrics than Policy Details in State of the Nation Address

The Philippines: Cause for Cautious Optimism

Centennial Asia Advisors

At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way. With over 30 years experience covering Asia’s political economy, you can be sure our conclusions and analyses are based on the unadulterated facts. Through years of fine-tuning our research methodologies, we deliver a quality of macroeconomic analysis few other houses can match.

Centennial Asia Advisors is an independent research and advisory firm that works with governments, multilateral institutions, financial firms and leading MNCs.

Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<strong>Primed for take-off:</strong> The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC), an inter-agency body, has recommended the overturning of the ban on open-pit mining which was previously instituted by Gina Lopez, the former environmental secretary. Lopez’s successor, Roy Cimatu, has opined that he would heed the recommendations of the MICC and present it to the Palace during a cabinet meeting in early November.</li>
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<strong>Deficit limit stays</strong>: Against the backdrop of lower revenues from the Senate’s version of the…</li>
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Primed for take-off: The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC), an inter-agency body, has recommended the overturning of the ban on open-pit mining which was previously instituted by Gina Lopez, the former environmental secretary. Lopez’s successor, Roy Cimatu, has opined that he would heed the recommendations of the MICC and present it to the Palace during a cabinet meeting in early November.

Deficit limit stays: Against the backdrop of lower revenues from the Senate’s version of the…


Mining Gets a Lift but 'Build Build Build' Could Come Under Threat