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Trusts and legal arrangements

Guidance and research from Open Ownership on capturing beneficial ownership information about trusts and legal arrangements

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
Consultation Trusts and legal arrangements

Transparency of land ownership involving trusts – Response to the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ open consultation

Open Ownership's response to the UK's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ consultation on the transparency of land ownership involving trusts

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 23 February 2024
Blog post Beneficial Ownership Data Standard Trusts and legal arrangements

How to capture information on nominees in beneficial ownership data

Nominee relationships can be difficult to verify as incorrect, posing an obstacle to knowing who truly owns and controls companies and other corporate vehicles. Here we cover how to capture information on nominees in beneficial ownership data

Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh

Published: 14 July 2023
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
Consultation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Trusts and legal arrangements

Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on the revision of Recommendation 25 and its Interpretive Note

Open Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on the revision of Recommendation 25 on beneficial ownership transparency of trusts and other legal arrangements, and its Interpretive Note

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 06 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
Consultation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Trusts and legal arrangements

Open Ownership response to the FATF consultation on draft amendments to Recommendation 25

Open Ownership’s contribution to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) consultation on draft amendments to its Recommendation 25 on beneficial ownership transparency of trusts

Written by Open Ownership

Published: 01 August 2022
Briefing Trusts and legal arrangements

Beneficial ownership transparency of trusts

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

Published: 01 July 2021
Briefing Trusts and legal arrangements

An introduction to trusts

This briefing aims to provide background information to the concept of trusts, and serves as a resource reference to develop an understanding of various types of trusts, their functions, and the roles of various parties of a trust

Written by Ramandeep Kaur Chhina

Published: 01 July 2021

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