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Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure

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
Guidance

Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency

This guide provides resources for those implementing beneficial ownership transparency

Published: 01 July 2021

Guidance

A guide to doing user research for beneficial ownership systems

This guide to doing user research is for all implementers of beneficial ownership registers – from in-house digital teams, to specialised contractors, to teams creating commercial off-the-shelf products.

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 24 October 2024
Guidance

Beneficial Ownership Transparency: A Guide for Parliaments

This guidance, jointly developed by NDI and Open Ownership, aims to clarify the role of legislatures in enacting and implementing effective BOT legislation.

Written by Corina Rebegea, Tymon Kiepe

Published: 30 September 2024
Guidance Trusts and legal arrangements

Trusts and beneficial ownership: Guidance for data collection and sharing

This 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

News article

European Union takes important steps towards standardised and interoperable beneficial ownership information

European Union adopts new anti-money laundering package with interesting developments

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 25 April 2024
News article United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

Beneficial ownership transparency events at the 10th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

A planner for beneficial ownership transparency events at the CoSP10 in December 2023

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 16 November 2023
News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

Canada passes law to create public beneficial ownership register

Canada has passed landmark legislation to create a national public beneficial ownership register. It amends the Canada Business Corporations Act to require companies to make details about the real people who own or control corporations public

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 06 November 2023