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.

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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.

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Macroeconomics

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<li>While global growth surprised on the upside in 2017, the same cannot be said for global FDI flows which contracted last year. A breakdown of the FDI shares suggest that Singapore and China continue to dominate in the FDI arena vis-à-vis their neighbors. That said, there are ill portents on the horizon on the outlook for FDI.</li>
<li>For one, most Asian economies’ share of Greenfield FDI projects contracted. Furthermore, the rising bout of economic nationalism across Southeast Asia, along with rising trade tensions do not bode well for the near-term outlook on FDI trends.</li>
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While global growth surprised on the upside in 2017, the same cannot be said for global FDI flows which contracted last year. A breakdown of the FDI shares suggest that Singapore and China continue to dominate in the FDI arena vis-à-vis their neighbors. That said, there are ill portents on the horizon on the outlook for FDI.
For one, most Asian economies’ share of Greenfield FDI projects contracted. Furthermore, the rising bout of economic nationalism across Southeast Asia, along with rising trade tensions do not bode well for the near-term outlook on FDI trends.


Foreign Investment Trends Are Broadly Favourable for Asian Economies