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Our View and Mission

Our mission is to provide real solutions that satisfy our clients needs by creating products that fit into their current financial situation, with a specialized focus on distressed assets targeted to improve their possibilities of finding a suitable solution that avoids a new default in their loans.

All of this while being able to provide real and affordable solutions to our customers, that meet their expectations whilst providing the best possible outcome for all parties involved.

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Principal Fuctions

Ascendancy manages over US$ 1.5 Billion Dollars from Institutional Investors, Insurance Companies, Banks, High Net Worth Individuals and Family funds focusing on:

Provide clear and concise information to investors, authorities and other stakeholders involved.
Training and Coaching of Primary Servicing staff.
Validate management and collection policies and procedures of primary servicers.
Assistance during the set-up of operations
Development of collection strategies.
Prepare Collection and Performance Reports of the portfolios (secured and unsecured).
Consolidate information from multiple servicers and/or counterparties.
Supervision and reconciliation of cash flows from the monthly collection.
Measure effectiveness of the administrative processes put in place for the extra judicial and judicial collection.
Support in the rollout of the servicing platform.
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Our History

1988
Firpo Inversiones INC.
In 1988 “Ascendancy Group” begins with the name “Firpo Inversiones INC.”, which has as it’s main focus the development of construction projects in Panama.
1988
1989
Inversiones Firpo Limitada
In 1989 Ascendancy founds “Inversiones Firpo Limitada”, general developer for several office construction projects in Santiago, Chile.
1989
1989
Financiera Auritec
Meanwhile, “Financiera Auritec” through “GMAC Residential Capital” mainly focused on the purchase and servicing of portfolios of Non-Performing construction loans.
1989
2000
GMAC Financiera
In 2000, thanks to the successful entrepreneurship of “Auritec”, “GMAC Residential Capital” decided to establish “GMAC Financiera” in Mexico, as of today “Proyectos Adamantine”, focused on real estate investments.
2000
2003-2009
11 MBS’s Performed
Between 2003 and 2009, we performed 11 MBS’s and the role of Master Servicer began in Mexico, obtaining the highest scores as such from various rating agencies like Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. Adamantine was recognized for granting funding to build more than 100,000 houses, gave credit lines secured by more than 10,800 million pesos with a return index of 3.2 times it’s value.
2003-2009
2007
Anticipate the Global Financial Crisis of 2008
Since 2007 we are the first Mexican financial institution to anticipate the global financial crisis of 2008, achieving a recovery rate of 92% of the balance of the assets.
2007
2012
Adamantine
In May 2012, Adamantine Fund I LP, managed by Ascendancy makes the acquisition of “GMAC Financiera” modifying the name and shifting the corporate image to Adamantine.
2012
2014
Purchase of Projects Adamantine
In 2014 Ascendancy Group buys 100% stake of Projects Adamantine from their partners and makes a major capital injection to the company, changing from 500 million pesos more than 2,000 million pesos, thus liquidating all it’s lines of credit up to that point.
2014
2015
“Best in the Sector”
In 2015 it’s obtained once more a counterparty rating of BB+ level from HR Ratings, which places us in the benchmark as “Best in the Sector”.
2015
2016
Ascendancy's Goals
The goals of Adamantine for the next year are: (i) elevating the counterparty and servicing ratings; (ii)placing over 1,500 million pesos in construction loans; (iii) increasing the portfolios of assets under management; and (iv) diversifying the company’s income and presence internationally.
2016
2021
Ascendancy in 2021
Ascendancy successfully established a Distressed Asset Recovery Program (“DARP") in the Caribbean region, which invests and operates in 19 countries primarily focusing on distressed assets acquisition, management and servicing. Ascendancy manages over US$1.5 billion in assets worldwide.
2021

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