Beneficial ownership transparency research, guidance, and case studies from the Open Ownership team.
This guide supports those involved in drafting and reviewing laws to understand the elements that constitute effective legislation for implementing beneficial ownership transparency reforms, laying the groundwork for establishing a beneficial ownership register
Written by Favour Ime , Tymon Kiepe
Published: 28 August 2024
Rapporteur summary of the roundtable discussion entitled “Shaping the Future: Advancing Collective Action for Impactful Beneficial Ownership Transparency” at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in June 2024
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata , Paula Perez
Published: 17 July 2024
This 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
This 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
Using 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
This 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
This policy briefing provides considerations to help policymakers and those implementing or supporting beneficial ownership transparency reforms to think through various issues and approaches toward ensuring effective transparency and oversight of investment funds.
Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina, Alanna Markle
This report summarises key points from the Symposium on Systems of Financial Secrecy, co-organised by Open Ownership and the London School of Economics International Inequalities Institute, with support from the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity.
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 06 March 2024
Demonstrating how high-quality Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) data can support anti-money laundering investigations by highlighting risk factors which data users want to spot
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kathryn Irish
Published: 26 February 2024
Open Ownership's response to the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation on the transparency of land ownership involving trusts
Published: 23 February 2024
