The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure. They are intended to support governments implementing effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms and guide international institutions in understanding and supporting this work
Expert advice for implementing beneficial ownership transparency, covering the full journey from commitment to data use
Published: 01 July 2021
The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard is an open standard providing guidance for collecting, storing and exchanging high-quality data on beneficial ownership
In this blog post, Open Ownership's Senior Manager for Policy and Research Alanna Markle outlines some of the key points in our most recent policy briefing on the importance of having sufficient detail in beneficial ownership information
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 01 April 2025
Open Ownership data analyst Maria Jofre will propose insights for anti-corruption policies across OECD member and non-member countries, using the OECD Public Integrity Indicators
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 24 March 2025
In early 2025, the British Virgin Islands government ran a public consultation that sought feedback on the rights of access to its beneficial ownership register. In this blog post, we outline suggestions to amend and strengthen the proposed policy.
Written by Rodrigo Félix Montalvo
Published: 13 March 2025
Introducing the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
Written by Tim Davies
Published: 29 June 2017
Ghana announces partnership with Open Ownership
Written by Zosia Sztykowski
Published: 19 September 2017
Kyrgyzstan joins Open Ownership’s pilot programme
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 13 September 2018
Open Ownership is launching a new software tool for visualising beneficial ownership data
Written by Steve Day
Published: 09 October 2020
Open Ownership will be working with the Overseas Territories as they enact their beneficial ownership commitments, advising on technical systems and on data publication
Published: 18 November 2020
Our technical team’s rapid assessment of the UK’s performance found that, overall, the UK aligns with the Open Ownership Principles
Published: 09 December 2020