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Open Ownership's blog is the space where our colleagues, or invited guests, can share their thinking on all aspects of beneficial ownership transparency reform around the world

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Milestones and momentum: The journey of the Philippines in beneficial ownership transparency reform

The Philippines has recently been removed from the Financial Action Task Force's grey list. In this piece, we explore the journey of the country's beneficial ownership transparency reform and our work to support them.

Written by Emily Manuel , Rebecca Wong

Published: 16 May 2025
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Insights from the UK’s People with Significant Control register

This blog post introduces a new report by Maria Jofre (Open Ownership) and Andres Knobel (Tax Justice Network), which provides an in-depth analysis of the United Kingdom People with Significant Control register

Written by Maria Jofre , Andres Knobel

Published: 13 May 2025
Three reasons why the Financing for Development Outcome Document should commit to ending company secrecy

Knowing who ultimately owns, controls, and benefits from companies, other legal entities, and certain high-value assets is crucial for effective public resource mobilisation. In this blog post, we highlight why the Financing for Development Outcome Document should commit to ending company secrecy.

Written by Agustina De Luca

Published: 25 April 2025
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Campaigning success in Canada leads to new beneficial ownership registers and more

Read about the End Snow-Washing Coalition’s journey, including challenges overcome, wins celebrated, and why Canada’s reforms are even more relevant in this year’s fast-changing political landscapes.

Written by Open Ownership, Sasha Caldera

Published: 24 April 2025
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Open Ownership at the World Bank Anticorruption Global Forum

Join Open Ownership at the World Bank's Partnerships for Anticorruption Global Forum in Washington, D.C. or online on 8-9 April 2025.

Published: 04 April 2025
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Attention to detail: A core principle in beneficial ownership transparency

In this blog post, Open Ownership's Senior Manager for Policy and Research Alanna Markle outlines some of the key points in our most recent policy briefing on the importance of having sufficient detail in beneficial ownership information

Written by Alanna Markle

Published: 01 April 2025
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Event: Open Ownership at the OECD Integrity Forum

Open Ownership data analyst Maria Jofre will propose insights for anti-corruption policies across OECD member and non-member countries, using the OECD Public Integrity Indicators

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 24 March 2025
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Reflections on the British Virgin Islands’ proposed framework for beneficial ownership disclosure

In early 2025, the British Virgin Islands government ran a public consultation that sought feedback on the rights of access to its beneficial ownership register. In this blog post, we outline suggestions to amend and strengthen the proposed policy.

Written by Rodrigo Félix Montalvo

Published: 13 March 2025
Blog post Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Updating the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard RDF vocabulary to help linked data users

This blog post explains how Open Ownership and Open Data Services have updated the Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary for the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to support people who want to use beneficial ownership data in a linked format.

Written by Amy Guy

Published: 11 March 2025
Emerging thinking

Lessons from building a prototype single-search tool for beneficial ownership registers

In this emerging thinking piece, our Data Support Manager Miranda Evans describes the lessons learned in a recent experiment by Open Ownership, building a prototype single-search tool for beneficial ownership registers.

Written by Miranda Evans

Published: 07 March 2025

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