Ascendant Capital Management

Ascendant Capital Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals (including high‑net‑worth clients) and corporate entities, offering tailored portfolios that may include individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, options, structured products, and closed‑end funds. The firm conducts portfolio evaluations and ongoing monitoring and rebalancing, and may engage third‑party advisers to manage all or portions of client assets.

The firm’s investment process draws on multiple analysis methods—including fundamental, technical (charting), and cyclical analysis—and applies portfolio construction concepts such as Modern Portfolio Theory while investing across a broad set of instruments. Accounts are generally managed on a discretionary basis and administrative functions, including quarterly fee calculation and deduction, are performed via a third‑party TAMP (Axxcess Wealth Management), with some legacy client assets remaining on the Matson platform.

Distinctive features disclosed in the brochure include that the firm’s principal is also a licensed life‑insurance agent and may offer insurance products from major carriers, and that the firm has a formal solicitor/referral arrangement with an accounting firm under which the solicitor receives 25% of advisory fees for referred clients. The firm discloses these relationships, describes attendant conflicts of interest in its brochure, and provides written disclosures and acknowledgements to referred clients.