05/12/2016
We are a new boutique financial advisory firm that has emerged in late 2016 and we are already causing ripples and waves across the financial services and regulated entities industries. FINCAP Advisers Ltd (www.fincapadvisers.com), regulated by ICPAC (E847/E/2016) was founded by Demetris A. Tsingis, formerly the Partner heading the Financial Regulation & Advisory, London Office and Executive Academy departments in one of the leading advisory firms of Cyprus. Demetris holds a BSc in Government & Economics (LSE) and an MBA with Honours in Finance, Entrepreneurial Management and Private Equity & Venture Capital (Wharton Business School) with a Fulbright Scholarship. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), a practising member of the ICPAC and of the ICAEW, a CYSEC advanced examination holder, an approved HRDA External Trainer and a licensed Mediator amongst other qualifications. He further is a part-time PhD candidate in Entrepreneurship with Warwick Business School.
Demetris worked on Private Equity and Investment Banking clients during his time at Arthur Andersen/Deloitte in London, in M&A in BNP Paribas New York, Private Banking in Bank of Cyprus before returning to the financial advisory space in 2013 specializing on investment funds, investment firms and payment services working with regulators across the globe such as CySEC, CBC, MFSA, FCA, AMF Canada, SEC US, FSA Seychelles, IFSC Belize, ASIC and FSMA Belgium. Demetris has been a local Councillor of Strovolos Municipality since 2007 and a board member of the Nicosia Sewerage Board since 2012. He is a Fellow of the Cyprus International Institute of Management since 2006, a lecturer in the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition since 2007 and a member of the DISY economics committee since 2007. He further served as President of COOP Strovolou in 2014.
FINCAP Advisers Ltd aims to offer turnkey tailored services to regulated entities in an open architecture format offering licensing and post-licensing services across all renowned jurisdictions. FINCAP has commenced operations with offices in Strovolos, Nicosia and Mayfair, London and aims to cater to the needs of Investment Firms, Investment Funds (AIFs of all kinds including Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Real Estate PE Funds and UCITS), Payment Institutions, Electronic Money Institutions, Fund Managers (AIFMs as well as non-AIFMD authorizations) Public Authorities, Online/Hi-tech merchants, Reg-tech / Fin-tech entities, Online Gaming companies across multiple jurisdictions. Post-licensing services include External and Internal audits, Compliance and AML Compliance, Risk Management, ICAAP, FATCA/CRS support, Corporate Advisory, Accounting, Tax & VAT optimization, Executive Seminars, Executive Recruitment Services and Fund Administration inter alia.
