Ascent Partners

Financial Services

Valuation and reporting across banking, insurance and asset management.

Sector drivers

  • Expected-credit-loss and fair-value measurement under IFRS 9 / IFRS 13
  • Volatility in credit, funding and rate markets
  • Regulatory scrutiny of Level 2 and Level 3 inputs

Typical assets & workflows

  • Loans and receivables (ECL / IBR)
  • Financial instruments and derivatives
  • Insurance and investment portfolios

Standards & regulation

  • IFRS 9 / HKFRS 9 and IFRS 13
  • HKMA and SFC reporting expectations
  • IVS 2025 for financial instruments

Key measures

  • ECL coverage and staging
  • Fair-value hierarchy disclosures
  • Cost of risk

Our approach

We build documented ECL and fair-value models with an auditable trail of Level 3 assumptions, aligned to IFRS 13 and IVS 2025 and prepared for audit and regulatory review.