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Briefings on beneficial ownership from Open Ownership

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Coverage of corporate vehicles in beneficial ownership disclosure regimes

This policy briefing explains that to generate actionable and usable data across the widest set of policy aims, beneficial ownership disclosure requirements should apply to all corporate vehicles, whilst allowing for reasonable and narrowly applied exemptions

Written by Alanna Markle

Published: 27 April 2023
Briefing

Beneficial ownership transparency and data protection in South Africa

This policy briefing interrogates whether beneficial ownership transparency accommodates protection of personal information in South Africa

Written by Amanda Manyame

Published: 31 December 2022
Briefing Trusts and legal arrangements

Beneficial ownership transparency of trusts in South Africa

This 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
Briefing Opening Extractives

Who benefits? How company ownership data is used to detect and prevent corruption

This policy brief demonstrates the potential of company ownership data to challenge those seeking to abuse their positions for personal gain, by illustrating how data on beneficial ownership helps prevent and detect corruption, particularly where data is available through public registers

Written by Alanna Markle , Tymon Kiepe

Published: 05 December 2022
Briefing Trusts and legal arrangements

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
Briefing Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

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
Briefing

Designing sanctions and their enforcement for beneficial ownership disclosure

Having adequate sanctions in place, and enforcing them effectively, can drive up compliance with disclosure requirements and increase the accuracy and usability of beneficial ownership data

Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina, Tymon Kiepe

Published: 28 April 2022
Briefing Extractives Opening Extractives

Shining a light on company ownership: The role of beneficial ownership transparency in the energy transition

As many investors seek to address near term pressures and pivot to the renewable energy sector, this new joint report from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Open Ownership makes the case that beneficial ownership transparency must be a key accountability tool to enable a sustainable energy transition

Written by Alanna Markle

Published: 31 March 2022
Briefing

Using beneficial ownership data for national security

How beneficial ownership transparency can help mitigate a range of national security threats from state and non-state actors by integrating structured and interoperable information with other data sources

Written by Tymon Kiepe

Published: 17 December 2021
Briefing

Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime position paper on beneficial ownership transparency

This paper outlines the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime’s (GCFFC) position on beneficial ownership transparency. Open Ownership is a member of the GCFFC

Published: 26 August 2021