Research
Publications
Beneficial ownership transparency research, guidance, and case studies from the Open Ownership team.
Latest content
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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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Using reliable identifiers for corporate vehicles in beneficial ownership data
This technical guidance aims to help implementers and multi-stakeholder groups understand how reliable identifiers facilitate the connection of datasets such as disclosures on politically exposed persons, stock exchange filings and licence registers
Written by Kadie Armstrong , Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 23 October 2023
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Beneficial ownership transparency in Ghana
This scoping report examines the state of play of beneficial ownership (BO) reforms in Ghana. It aims to identify specific gaps in BO implementation and make context-specific recommendations on how Ghana can advance its BO reforms
Written by Samuel Bekoe, Opening Extractives
Published: 17 October 2023
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Open Ownership’s partnership with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation
Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) have been added to Open Ownership (OO) datasets, enabling greater connectivity between international beneficial ownership (BO) and corporate ownership datasets
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 27 September 2023
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Beneficial Ownership Data Standard risk detection
Combining high-quality beneficial ownership data in a linked data format with other datasets helps detect potential risks during customer due diligence, know your customer checks, and sanctions screening processes
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 21 September 2023
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Beneficial ownership transparency and the United Nations Convention against Corruption: progress and recommendations
This document presents opportunities to strengthen beneficial ownership transparency through the United Nations Convention against Corruption processes
Written by Eryn Shornick, Julie Rialet , Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 13 June 2023
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What’s in it for business? The US case: Lessons from private sector and civil society advocacy for beneficial ownership transparency reforms
This case study highlights learnings from the decade-long effort to bring about beneficial ownership reform in the US. It presents useful lessons to help those in civil society and the private sector to support beneficial ownership transparency reforms in other countries
Written by Julie Rialet , Mark Hays
Published: 22 May 2023