Briefings on beneficial ownership from Open Ownership
Research
Briefings
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      Open Ownership comment on the United States Corporate Transparency Act interim final rule 2025This is Open Ownership's comment on the United States Corporate Transparency Act interim final rule: Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirement Revision and Deadline Extension. Written by Open Ownership Published: 28 May 2025 
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      Leveraging information about ownership networks to improve taxationThis briefing explores how tax authorities can effectively use the beneficial ownership information of legal vehicles from central registers and other kinds of information relevant to understanding these networks Written by Tymon Kiepe Published: 18 March 2025 
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      Charting New Waters: Strengthening Fisheries Governance through Beneficial Ownership TransparencyIn this briefing, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership outline actions that governments, regional fisheries management organizations, and other groups can take to begin operationalizing the use of beneficial ownership information in the fisheries sector Written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Open Ownership Published: 04 February 2025 
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      Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime position paper: Advancing interoperable and usable beneficial ownership informationOpen Ownership is a member of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime. This new paper takes a deep dive into the technical aspects of beneficial ownership transparency reform implementation and how to build technological systems that collect and share structured, interoperable and usable beneficial ownership data Written by Global Coalition for Fighting Financial Crime (GCFFC) Published: 05 September 2024 
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      Lessons for an accountable transition: Leveraging beneficial ownership information for natural resource governanceThis Opening Extractives brief uses cases in various countries to show how information on beneficial owners supports integrity and accountability throughout the extractives value chain Written by Julie Rialet , Alanna Markle Published: 20 June 2024 
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      Using beneficial ownership information in fisheries governanceThis briefing explores how beneficial ownership transparency can improve the fisheries sector, beyond tackling crime, through the implementation of national, central beneficial ownership registers Written by Tymon Kiepe , Peter Low Published: 30 April 2024 
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      Beneficial ownership transparency in the PhilippinesUsing 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 companiesThis 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 
