Beneficial ownership transparency research, implementation guidance and case studies from the Open Ownership team
Open Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on revisions to its Recommendation 24 and the Interpretive Note on beneficial ownership transparency
Published: 01 December 2021
Open Ownership’s response to a December 2021 public consultation by Kenya’s Business Registration Service on the Draft Companies (Beneficial Ownership Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Beneficial ownership is widely recognised as an essential piece of information for tackling corruption, preventing and investigating tax evasion, protecting national security, and creating sustainable trading environments. The next five years are critical to delivering impact on these agendas
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 01 November 2021
This paper outlines the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime’s (GCFFC) position on beneficial ownership transparency. Open Ownership is a member of the GCFFC
Published: 26 August 2021
This Guide provides resources for those implementing beneficial ownership transparency. It covers the full implementation journey, including initial commitments, developing a robust legal framework, designing data collection systems, building registers and making data available
This policy briefing analyses the existing policy and regulatory framework on the BOT of trusts at an international level, and highlights research and policy recommendations on the issue whilst identifying the gaps for further research
Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina
Published: 01 July 2021
This briefing aims to provide background information to the concept of trusts, and serves as a resource reference to develop an understanding of various types of trusts, their functions, and the roles of various parties of a trust
This short, accessible workbook contains scenarios and illustrations on fictional company ownership structures
Written by Kadie Armstrong
This policy briefing outlines the benefits that arise from making a beneficial ownership register public, and looks at how different user groups are better able to use such data
Written by Tymon Kiepe
Published: 25 May 2021
In the six months leading up to April 2021, Open Ownership undertook a lightning intervention in South Africa
Published: 23 May 2021
