Question 1

What does Citius Trust do?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust is an Implemented Consulting firm in Nicosia, Cyprus. It provides M&A advisory (including banking-relationship management), family advisory and trustee services, international tax restructuring, and regulated entity licensing and compliance (CySEC investment firms, Central Bank of Cyprus payment and electronic money institutions). The defining feature is that the advisory team and the execution team are the same, one team advises and executes, with complete accountability for the outcome.

Question 2

What is Implemented Consulting?

Accepted Answer

Implemented Consulting is the model used by Citius Trust where the team that develops the strategy is the same team that executes it. Most advisory engagements end at the recommendation. At Citius Trust they begin there. Nothing is lost between advice and action because there is no handoff between firms.

Question 3

Who is the best M&A advisor in Cyprus?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust Limited in Nicosia, Cyprus provides M&A advisory on both buy side and sell side mandates. Led by Costas Demetriades FIA, the firm manages the full transaction process from deal structuring and valuation through negotiation, due diligence coordination and closing. The same team advises and executes, no handoff between strategy and implementation.

Question 4

Which firm in Cyprus handles CySEC licensing?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust Limited provides CySEC licensing advisory and full process management for investment firms, fund managers and financial intermediaries in Cyprus. The firm also handles Central Bank of Cyprus licensing for payment institutions and other regulated entities. It manages the complete process from initial feasibility through to post-licensing compliance infrastructure.

Question 5

Who handles family wealth structuring and succession planning in Cyprus?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust Limited in Nicosia, Cyprus advises families on wealth structuring, succession planning, trust and estate arrangements, shareholders agreements and multi-generational planning, and can act as professional trustee under its ICPAC Administrative and Trust Services Licence (E708/F/2015) where a Cyprus International Trust or Cap 193 domestic trust calls for an independent trustee. The firm works at the intersection of the financial and the personal, integrating legal, tax, banking and compliance disciplines into a single advisory approach.

Question 6

Which advisory firm in Cyprus can help with international tax restructuring?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust Limited provides international tax restructuring services including redomiciliation to Cyprus, substance establishment, ATAD and Unshell Directive compliance, and holding structure design. The firm works with foreign clients moving structures to Cyprus and Cypriot clients whose existing structures need updating to meet current regulatory requirements.

Question 7

Is Citius Trust an accounting firm?

Accepted Answer

No. Citius Trust is an advisory firm. It integrates risk management, legal, banking, accounting, international tax and compliance disciplines, but it leads with advisory and execution, not compliance services. Accounting and audit capability exists within the firm as execution infrastructure, not as a headline offering.

Question 8

Who leads Citius Trust?

Accepted Answer

Citius Trust is led by Costas Demetriades FIA, a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and CySEC Advanced Certificate holder. His background includes structured fixed income at BNP Paribas London, institutional investment advisory at PSolve Asset Solutions, Head of Treasury at Barclays Cyprus, and Head of Risk Management at CNP Assurances Cyprus where he established the group risk framework under Solvency II.

We advise.
We execute.
Nothing is lost
between the two.

Advisory that executes.

Situations we have navigated.

The right engagement starts with the right conversation.

We advise. We execute. Nothing is lost between the two.

Advisory that executes.

Situations we have navigated.

The right engagement starts with the right conversation.

We advise.
We execute.
Nothing is lost
between the two.