The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure. They are intended to support governments implementing effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms and guide international institutions in understanding and supporting this work
Expert advice for implementing beneficial ownership transparency, covering the full journey from commitment to data use
Published: 01 July 2021
The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard is an open standard providing guidance for collecting, storing and exchanging high-quality data on beneficial ownership
This blog post from Open Ownership looks at the latest Global Data Barometer and shares global trends and new data on how transparent company and beneficial ownership registers are key to preventing financial crimes
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 24 June 2025
There are multiple opportunities to meet up with the Open Ownership team at the Fourth International Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain this month
Published: 06 June 2025
Open Ownership is excited and honoured to introduce our new International Advisory Board who will support us as we deliver our next five-year strategy. We are delighted to welcome Advocate Xolisile Khanyile (Chair), Richard Daniels, Cheri-Leigh Erasmus, Mitali Tyagi, and Anushka Wijesinha.
Written by Thom Townsend
Published: 21 May 2025
Ghana announces partnership with Open Ownership
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 19 September 2017
The Open Ownership Register has been updated to include information about the beneficial owners of over 240,000 Ukrainian companies
Published: 03 January 2018
At the end of last year Nigeria published Africa’s first beneficial ownership register, and the first globally to focus on the lucrative oil, gas and mining sectors
Published: 13 January 2020
Open Ownership recently launched a new feature allowing anyone to download the entire Register dataset in one go
Published: 26 February 2020
Open Ownership is launching a new software tool for visualising beneficial ownership data
Written by Steve Day
Published: 09 October 2020
In late 2020, the US government passed the National Defence Authorisation Act which included important corporate transparency reforms
Published: 14 January 2021