Beneficial ownership registers reveal how companies and other legal entities or arrangements, such as trusts, are owned and controlled by their beneficial owners. A public real-time, web-based beneficial ownership register records, reports and manages beneficial owners, increasing transparency in business transactions.
Making more of this information available to those who can use it effectively through a Register of Beneficial Ownership helps solve issues around corporate accountability and illicit financial flows. Registers of Beneficial Ownerships are gaining momentum globally, with over 100 countries committed to implementing reforms.