Client Business Spotlight: Ascenta Wealth
Our community is full of people building businesses worth knowing about. Our Client Business Spotlight series shines a light on the companies behind the members who train with us.
This month, we're featuring Ascenta Wealth, a Singapore-based financial planning firm built for expats.
The SCA connection: Ascenta co-founder and Partner Rory Brown trains with us, working with his personal trainer and physiotherapist to get back to football and padel, and to take on Mount Everest next year.
Company: Ascenta Wealth
What they do: Fee-based financial planning and wealth management for expats
Who they help: Expats, international professionals and globally mobile families in Singapore
Based in: Singapore
Regulated by: The Monetary Authority of Singapore, through Farringdon Asset Management Pte Ltd
Website: ascentawealth.com
What Ascenta Wealth does
Living abroad makes money more complicated. Pensions in one country, savings in another, tax rules that change depending on where you are and where you'll retire. Ascenta Wealth exists to make that simpler.
The firm offers long-term, fee-based financial planning for expats in Singapore, with advisers who are qualified in both Singapore and the UK.
A clear, personalised plan built around your goals and life stage.
Investments managed in line with your plan, priorities and appetite for risk.
Planning for retirement in Singapore, back home, or somewhere new.
Specialist advice for UK nationals and anyone holding a UK pension.
Insurance and planning to protect you and your family against the unexpected.
Guidance for finances that span more than one country.
Who they work with
Ascenta focuses on individuals and international families living in Singapore, particularly British, Australian and Indian clients. They work with UK nationals and people with UK assets, anyone of any nationality holding a UK pension, and those planning to retire in the UK or abroad. They also work with accredited investors.
One of their key strengths is continuity. Expat life often means moving on, and Ascenta's planning relationships are designed to continue wherever their clients relocate.
How they're different
Ascenta was founded by three partners who felt the traditional expat financial advice model wasn't serving people well. Too many expats, they say, end up in rigid financial products that perform worse than leaving the money in the bank.
Their answer is what they call Lifestyle Financial Planning. It starts with your life, goals and aspirations, then builds the financial plan around them, not the other way round. Their guiding principle is simple: their relationship is with you, not your money.
What they do
- Get to know your hopes, worries and goals first
- Bring clarity to complex financial decisions
- Act as a trusted guide for major life decisions
- Help you avoid costly mistakes
- Manage your money the way they'd manage their own
What they don't do
- Manage investments without a clear plan
- Try to predict short-term market moves
- Promise high returns with low volatility
- Change your investments based on media headlines
- Recommend anything they wouldn't do themselves
Meet the team
Ascenta is led by three partners, supported by financial planners and a client services team.
Between them, the team holds UK and Singapore financial planning qualifications and is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Free resources for expats
Not ready to book a meeting? Ascenta shares plenty of free help on their website, including a five-minute retirement readiness quiz built for expats in Singapore, plus guides, videos and a regularly updated blog.
Explore Ascenta's free resources
Why we're proud to feature them
At SCA, we believe in assessing before you act, building a plan around the person, and reviewing it as life changes. Ascenta brings that same thinking to money. Different fields, same belief: the best results come from a clear plan and a long-term partner.
Get in touch with Ascenta Wealth
Website: ascentawealth.com
Phone: +65 6632 3640
Email: hello@ascentawealth.com
LinkedIn: Ascenta Wealth
This Client Business Spotlight celebrates a business within our community. It is not financial advice, and Strength Clinic Academy does not recommend or endorse any specific financial product or service. Please speak to a licensed adviser about your own circumstances.
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