Research
Publications
Beneficial ownership transparency research, guidance, and case studies from the Open Ownership team.
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An introduction to trusts in South Africa: A beneficial ownership perspective
This briefing provides background information on the origins, elements, and classifications of trusts in South Africa relevant to the discussions on national beneficial ownership transparency reforms, and serves as background to the Open Ownership briefing, Beneficial ownership transparency of trusts in South Africa.
Written by Johann Krige, Anneke Wolmarans
Published: 14 November 2022
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Senegal: Scoping assessment
This report summarises findings from Open Ownership’s scoping study into beneficial ownership transparency in Senegal in 2022
Written by Michael Barron, Moussa Gueye, Favour Ime , Tim Law
Published: 10 November 2022
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Argentina: Scoping study
This report analyses the legal and institutional aspects of beneficial ownership disclosure in Argentina
Written by Oscar Ramos Rivera, Opening Extractives
Published: 23 September 2022
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Building an auditable record of beneficial ownership
Keeping up to date and historic beneficial ownership records underpins any transparency initiative around company ownership and control. This technical guidance sets out the key features to consider to make sure beneficial ownership are easy to access, interpret and check
Written by Kadie Armstrong
Published: 22 August 2022
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Structured and interoperable beneficial ownership data
This policy briefing outlines the key benefits of collecting, storing, and publishing structured beneficial ownership data, and how this improves its functionality, reduces costs, and leads to greater policy impact
Written by Jack Lord, Tymon Kiepe
Published: 12 August 2022
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Beneficial ownership transparency in Indonesia: scoping study
This scoping study assesses the state of implementation of beneficial ownership transparency in Indonesia and analyses the country’s progress against each of the nine Open Ownership Principles, which set out good practice for effective beneficial ownership disclosure
Written by Peter Low , Hani Rosidaini
Published: 10 August 2022
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Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on draft amendments to Recommendation 25
Open Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on draft amendments to its Recommendation 25 on beneficial ownership transparency of trusts
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 01 August 2022
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