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Private sector entities are a key user-group of beneficial ownership data. Better understanding the existing use of beneficial ownership data by these entities informs how governments can publish and standardise useful and usable data about beneficial owners in central, registers

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    Research report Private sector

    The use of beneficial ownership data by private entities

    This research report looks at private sector actors’ use of beneficial ownership data, including different use cases, primary drivers, challenges, and trends and emerging issues, based on research conducted by Cognitiks on behalf of Open Ownership during 2020-2021

    Written by Sadaf Lakhani

    Published: 31 March 2022

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