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Video - Building back better: beneficial ownership transparency during a crisis

blogs Open Ownership · Nov 2020

On 5 November, 2020, Open Ownership and the Open Government Partnership led a high-level panel discussion on how beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) is of paramount importance in order to both strengthen public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure relief...

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Mexico: Laying the foundations for beneficial ownership transparency

blogs Peter Low · Nov 2020

Mexico is one of more than 90 countries worldwide to have committed to transparency over who ultimately owns and controls companies incorporated in its jurisdiction. One of the first areas that government stakeholders are considering as part of its beneficial...

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My first year as Open Ownership’s Executive Director

blogs Thom Townsend · Oct 2020

I have been Executive Director of Open Ownership for a little over a year now, and it is time to publicly reflect on my experience and share some thoughts about what we have done.

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New: visualising beneficial ownership Data Standard tool

news Oct 2020

Open Ownership is launching a new software tool for visualising beneficial ownership (BO) data. Beneficial ownership data is at its most useful when it can be understood by the widest possible group of people. Visualisations of corporate structures are intuitive...

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Video - Open Ownership’s second technology showcase

blogs Steve Day · Oct 2020

On 1 October 2020 Open Ownership held our second technology showcase – an online webinar hosting talks by speakers from government, civil society, and the private sector – demonstrating technology working with beneficial ownership data. Featuring speakers from Companies House,...

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Access to beneficial ownership information remains a long term goal

blogs Open Ownership · Sep 2020

If money is power, understanding who owns companies is the essential starting point for really understanding where power and influence lies. Behind their brand and logo, companies are made up of people – in a typical structure this would include...

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