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 Philippine Congress in a Race Against Time

The Philippines: Timely Passage of Tax Reforms a Step in the Right Direction

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

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

The Philippines: Tax Reforms Hamstrung by Politics

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

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Clouded outlook over mining: President Duterte has upheld the ban on open pit mining, rejecting the recommendations put forth by the MICC which was previously endorsed by Environmental Secretary, Roy Cimatu. In upholding the ban, Duterte cited the environmental damage caused by mining and alluded to mining companies’ financing of the New People’s Army (NPA), the militant wing of the Communist Party of Philippines, through so-called “revolutionary taxes”.

In a nod to foreign investment, President…


Philippine Reforms: Some Progress, Along with Setbacks