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Quality Investing in Asia

We enable investors to access mispriced, high-quality businesses across Asia led by management teams we can trust. This strategy is not accessible through passive or larger funds.

Who we are

Ascender Capital is a Hong Kong based investment boutique run by entrepreneurs and managing a single equity strategy since 2012.
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We are looking for hidden gems or companies that are misunderstood by the market. Our on-the-ground presence allows us to exploit these inefficiencies while avoiding the numerous pitfalls that can be found in the region.

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2012

Inception of first fund

25+

High quality portfolio companies

5x

Average portfolio EV/EBIT valuation

12%

Average 7-year EBIT growth

Navigating Asia

Building a portfolio of hidden gems

We invest in high-quality businesses across Asia, including Japan, with a focus on inefficient segments of the market, where companies are not followed by brokers and disclosures are limited or not always available in English

Explore our strategy

Our process combines quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Idea
generation

New ideas are sourced exclusively from our proprietary Quality Universe. Our database is composed of companies that we have met since 2012 and is updated weekly.

Fundamental research

Our framework focuses on assessing business quality, minimizing biases and allowing comparison across a wide universe of geographies and business models.

Portfolio construction

Our scoring tool combines quality and valuation metrics, with cheaper and better businesses getting the best scores.

Case studies

We are sharing these case studies to illustrate the types of opportunities we invest in and our distinctive approach to investing in the region, where establishing a dialogue with management is always valuable and often positively impact our investments performance

JNBY 

A Leading designer fashion brand from China with 30 years of history

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ITFOR

A recurring Japanese IT services business with high market shares, strong profitability and shareholder-friendly capital allocation

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Beenos

A pioneer in cross-border eCommerce between Japan and the world

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Modern Dental

Global leader in dental prosthetics with unique distribution and sales network

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About us

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