Fund advisory services
Funds can be structured for various reasons, including but not limited to:
- Family Planning
- Alternative way of financing (shipping, real estate)
- Collective joining of monies
- Substance
- Taxation benefits
- Asset protection
Why set up a Fund as a RAIF?
- The investment strategy of the RAIF can include any asset
- Exemption on capital gains tax from sale of shares and other instruments
- No withholding tax on income repatriation or dividends paid to foreign unit holders
- No capital gains tax on disposal of shares/units by the holders (subject to conditions)
Cyprus the most attractive jurisdiction within the EU
Cyprus offers opportunities for cross-border and global fund distribution benefiting from an efficient and reliable Fund infrastructure.
The regulatory regime together with the flexibility the vehicles offer investors in terms of:
- Unlimited restrictions on the type of investments
- Transparency and favourable taxation rates
- Low set up and maintenance costs