Ascent Communications Ascent Communications offers financial technology & service companies' unique communications support & network access to media, journalists, investors, capital markets stakeholders and institutions. Ascent Communications' objective is to support the providers of innovative platforms, tools and services to successfully address the needs of today's global capital markets. Ascent provides a range of financial market expertise; knowledge, credibility and long standing industry relationships to enable innovators to effectively engage the global financial marketplace. Ascent targets innovative technology companies in the areas of electronic trading, trade processing, risk management, market connectivity, data management, clearing and market utilities. These companies are focused on serving the institutional financial markets.