Gold Magazine November - December 2013, Issue 32 | Page 52

SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE Nicos Nicolaides - Managing Director ABOUT US Abacus is a leading independent provider of professional services exclusively to International Business Companies (IBCs) operating from Cyprus. Our services cover the whole spectrum of Corporate Structuring, Business Advisory, Accountancy, Fiduciary and Corporate Administration Services. More specifically, the services we provide include the following: • Advisory Services (corporate structuring, local regulations/compliance, transaction advisory, energy consulting) • Company Formation • Company Administration • Accounting Services • Corporate Secretarial • Establishment and Administration of private Cyprus ICIS • Trust Services • Fiduciary Services - Nominee Shareholder - Corporate Directors - Company Secretary - Registered office - Bank Signatories • Banking Services • Payroll Services • Escrow Agent Services • Shipping Services We believe that our firm’s main strength, which perhaps constitutes our competitive advantage, is that we do not provide audit services and we are totally independent from the audit firms. We therefore concentrate on the provision of the services in which we specialise (as referred to above) in a totally unbiased way without any constraints that may be dictated by other interests. And our only concern is the benefit and welfare of our clients. Something else that characterises Abacus is the personal attention that we give to each and every client, irrespective of size. Our philosophy is that the small client of today is the large client of tomorrow. The most important factor for the success of a professional services firm like Abacus is the quality and calibre of its human capital. Our priority, therefore, is the recruitment and retention of appropriately qualified and experienced people. Abacus employees generally have a very sound academic background. A substantial number of them also have a professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA and CPA and we also employ several qualified Chartered Secretaries for the more specialised work of Corporate Secretarial Support. Our clients represent a broad range of industries including Financial Services and Banking, Energy (with an emphasis on oil and gas), Engineering, Construction and Real Estate Development, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Marketing and Retailing. CONTACT INFORMATION ABACUS LTD Elenion Building, 5, Themistocles Dervis Street, CY-1066, Nicosia Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.abacus.com.cy