Beneficial ownership transparency research, guidance, and case studies from the Open Ownership team.
A catalogue of available BODS datasets for anyone to freely reuse, republish, or incorporate into their tools
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 31 March 2022
A Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary for the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS). Created by Blue Anvil, this builds on our data standard and makes it easier to query and use complex beneficial ownership data by converting it to a graph database format
In 2015, Ukraine became the first country in the world to launch a public register of the beneficial owners of corporate entities registered in the country. This report provides an overview of the register’s origins and evolution, then explores its impact
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 01 February 2022
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
This document provides technical guidance on considerations for relational database design when building a system that holds beneficial ownership information
Written by Open Ownership, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Published: 16 December 2021
Open Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on revisions to its Recommendation 24 and the Interpretive Note on beneficial ownership transparency
Published: 01 December 2021
Open Ownership’s response to a December 2021 public consultation by Kenya’s Business Registration Service on the Draft Companies (Beneficial Ownership Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
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
This guide provides resources for those implementing beneficial ownership transparency
Published: 01 July 2021
This 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
