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

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Centennial Asia Advisors

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Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The President picked Ma’ruf Amin, a religious cleric as his running mate for the 2019 elections. There are three takeaways that can be gleaned from the President’s choice:</li>
<li>First, President Jokowi may be playing it too safe by opting for a largely conservative figure to shore up and bolster his beleaguered Islamic credentials.</li>
<li>Second, the choice of a figure from outside of the ruling coalition helps keep inter-party bickering and tussling at bay as various political figures were jockeying for the VP position.</li>
<li>Third, opting for a 75-year-old cleric represents an uninspired choice and a missed opportunity to nurture a reform-minded successor that can further the President's reform agenda.</li>
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The President picked Ma’ruf Amin, a religious cleric as his running mate for the 2019 elections. There are three takeaways that can be gleaned from the President’s choice:
First, President Jokowi may be playing it too safe by opting for a largely conservative figure to shore up and bolster his beleaguered Islamic credentials.
Second, the choice of a figure from outside of the ruling coalition helps keep inter-party bickering and tussling at bay as various political figures were jockeying for the VP position.
Third, opting for a 75-year-old cleric represents an uninspired choice and a missed opportunity to nurture a reform-minded successor that can further the President's reform agenda.


Indonesian Presidential Election 2019: Three Takeaways from President Jokowi’s Running Mate Pick