Briefings on beneficial ownership from Open Ownership
Briefings
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Beneficial ownership transparency in the Philippines
Using the Open Ownership Principles and Requirement 2.5 of the EITI Standard, this report analyses the country’s current policy and legal environment in the Philippines
Written by Emily Manuel , Maria Karla Espinosa
Published: 22 April 2024
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Defining and capturing information on the beneficial ownership of listed companies
This policy briefing explores the application of beneficial ownership transparency to listed companies, highlighting the complexities of identifying beneficial owners, the variance in international and national regulatory frameworks, and the mixed effectiveness of current transparency measures.
Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina, Tymon Kiepe
Published: 28 March 2024
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Defining and capturing information on the beneficial ownership of investment funds
This policy briefing provides considerations to help policymakers and those implementing or supporting beneficial ownership transparency reforms to think through various issues and approaches toward ensuring effective transparency and oversight of investment funds.
Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina, Alanna Markle
Published: 28 March 2024
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Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on the Guidance on Recommendation 25
Open Ownership's contribution to the Financial Action Task Force's public consultation on the updated guidance of Recommendation 25 on the beneficial ownership transparency of trusts and other legal arrangements
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 06 December 2023
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Using interoperable beneficial ownership data to achieve global anti-corruption impact
Submission by Open Ownership to the 10th Session of the UNCAC Conference of States Parties
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 01 December 2023
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Using beneficial ownership data to achieve global anti-corruption impact
A briefing on the frontier issue of interoperable beneficial ownership data
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 15 November 2023
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Coverage of corporate vehicles in beneficial ownership disclosure regimes
This policy briefing explains that to generate actionable and usable data across the widest set of policy aims, beneficial ownership disclosure requirements should apply to all corporate vehicles, whilst allowing for reasonable and narrowly applied exemptions
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 27 April 2023
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Beneficial ownership transparency and data protection in South Africa
This policy briefing interrogates whether beneficial ownership transparency accommodates protection of personal information in South Africa
Written by Amanda Manyame
Published: 31 December 2022
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Beneficial ownership transparency of trusts in South Africa
This briefing describes the background applicable to the beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) of trusts, and also discusses South Africa’s BOT of trusts regime through the framework of the Open Ownership Principles
Written by Johann Krige, Anneke Wolmarans
Published: 12 December 2022
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Who benefits? How company ownership data is used to detect and prevent corruption
This policy brief demonstrates the potential of company ownership data to challenge those seeking to abuse their positions for personal gain, by illustrating how data on beneficial ownership helps prevent and detect corruption, particularly where data is available through public registers
Written by Alanna Markle , Tymon Kiepe
Published: 05 December 2022