Ashton Stewart Capital (ASC) is a Chicago, Illinois based independent middle-market investment banking and securities firm. The firm offers services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate sales, joint ventures, spin-offs, divestitures, financial restructuring, equity, and debt financing. Along with this the firm also offers services in areas like buyouts, recapitalization, growth capital financing, market valuations, senior and mezzanine debt, structured finance, private equity placements, and syndicated loans. As of 2015, the firm has been acquired by Aldwych Capital Partners.