Blog posts

Beneficial ownership: Progress in Colombia

Update on the beneficial ownership reform and progress in Colombia which will be of interest to governments, implementing agencies, and civil society organisations engaged in this work

The new UNCAC resolution on beneficial ownership: A real step forward

The new UNCAC resolution on beneficial ownership is an important step to broadening support for reform

What if everyone knew who owned and controlled companies?

Have you ever looked at a news story about a government contract, a political advertisement, or an anonymous social media post and wanted to know: who is benefiting from this?

What the Pandora Papers tell us about the extractive industries

Cases in the Pandora Papers highlight the need to combine beneficial ownership data with other datasets, such as PEPs and asset declaration regulations

Beneficial ownership information can support transparency and accountability in the transition to net zero

State-owned enterprises and beneficial ownership disclosures

Because state-owned enterprises are effectively stewarded for the benefit of the public, understanding how they are owned and controlled is complicated

Pandora Papers: Lessons for beneficial ownership transparency?

The Open Ownership team has started looking at what we can learn about beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) from the Pandora Papers

FATF proposals signal a modest but important rise in global standards on beneficial ownership

Open Ownership welcomes the proposed changes to R24 which bring the FATF Recommendations a few steps closer to the Open Ownership Principles

Promoting media ownership transparency

Knowing who really exercises control over, and benefits from, commercial entities has implications which reach far beyond the realm of financial crime prevention