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Ascent Partners is a decision-support firm. We pair the knowledge that informs a decision with the implementation that makes it hold — from Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore.

By Simon Mak, Founder & Chief Executive Officer.

Somewhere in a boardroom, a decision has to be made — a company to buy or leave, a number to sign or question, a control to trust or rebuild. However it ends, the decision will rest on something, and someone will have to defend it. Ascent Partners exists to make that defence easier: we bring the knowledge a decision needs — valuation, risk, analytics, independence — and then help put it into practice, through controls, tooling and reporting.

Advice alone changes nothing; implementation without judgement goes nowhere — the two together are what let a company decide well. Our clients draw on a multidisciplinary bench spanning finance, accounting, property surveying, environmental science, risk management and engineering, and on a network cultivated for nearly two decades. Every engagement is led by a qualified director and reviewed for independence, because the people who will test our work — a board, an auditor, a regulator, a counterparty — will look for it.

The reader we write for is usually mid-decision: a Hong Kong-listed issuer, a mainland enterprise preparing to list, a deal team weighing something across a border. A firm like this is not measured at the pitch; it is measured later — after the deal, after the filing — when someone checks whether the decision held. That is the only review that counts.

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Our service involved

Three practices, one standard of proof. Each has its own page.

Valuation Service

Independent valuation of businesses, financial instruments, property and natural resources.

Corporate Service

Internal control, compliance, due diligence and ESG — the disciplines a listing has to stand on.

Technology Advisory

Fast prototypes that prove whether an automation is worth pursuing — not an enterprise build.

Our Team

Our offices

  • Hong Kong Office

    Room 805, 8/F Far East Consortium Building, 121 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

  • Shenzhen Office

    Rm No.1529 Golden Central Tower, No. 3037 Jintian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China (Postal Code : 518048)

  • Singapore Office

    10 Anson Road, #10-13A International Plaza, Singapore 079903

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