Guidance and research from Open Ownership on capturing beneficial ownership information about trusts and legal arrangements
Research
Trusts and legal arrangements
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      Trusts and beneficial ownership: Guidance for data collection and sharingThis guidance emphasises the need for user-friendly data collection forms which support the filing of adequate, accurate, and up-to-date information on parties to trusts, whether they are natural persons or legal entities Written by Open Ownership Published: 04 September 2024 
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      Transparency of land ownership involving trusts – Response to the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ open consultationOpen Ownership's response to the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation on the transparency of land ownership involving trusts Written by Open Ownership Published: 23 February 2024 
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      How to capture information on nominees in beneficial ownership dataNominee relationships can be difficult to verify as incorrect, posing an obstacle to knowing who truly owns and controls companies and other corporate vehicles. Here we cover how to capture information on nominees in beneficial ownership data Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh Published: 14 July 2023 
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      Beneficial ownership transparency of trusts in South AfricaThis briefing describes the background applicable to the beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) of trusts, and also discusses South Africa’s BOT of trusts regime through the framework of the Open Ownership Principles Written by Johann Krige, Anneke Wolmarans Published: 12 December 2022 
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      Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on the revision of Recommendation 25 and its Interpretive NoteOpen Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on the revision of Recommendation 25 on beneficial ownership transparency of trusts and other legal arrangements, and its Interpretive Note Written by Open Ownership Published: 06 December 2022 
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      An introduction to trusts in South Africa: A beneficial ownership perspectiveThis 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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      Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on draft amendments to Recommendation 25Open 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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      Beneficial ownership transparency of trustsThis policy briefing analyses the existing policy and regulatory framework on the BOT of trusts at an international level, and highlights research and policy recommendations on the issue whilst identifying the gaps for further research Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina Published: 01 July 2021 
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      An introduction to trustsThis briefing aims to provide background information to the concept of trusts, and serves as a resource reference to develop an understanding of various types of trusts, their functions, and the roles of various parties of a trust Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina Published: 01 July 2021