Event: Regional Workshop on Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Asia and Pacific Region Beneficial Ownership Disclosure—EITI 01 February 2022 Author / Speaker Andrew Irvine View File The session looked at different legal and regulatory issues confronting countries in ensuring effective BO disclosures and will discuss international examples. Some of the concepts that will be considered during this session include: Incorporating explicit obligations on BO disclosure; Significance of single, robust, and unified definition of beneficial owner – challenges in determining threshold and harmonising different pieces of legislation; Scope of legal entities to be covered within the BO disclosure regime and Appropriate designated authority/agency for collecting, maintaining, and verifying BO data. Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Download Topics Governance and Public Sector Management