UK’s Register of Company Beneficial Owners: The People with Significant Control (PSC) Register

Event: Regional Workshop on Advancing Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Asia and Pacific Region

UK’s Register of Company Beneficial Owners: The People with Significant Control (PSC) Register

21 February 2022

Author / Speaker:

Nicholas Vail, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Other materials by the author

Lee Robins, Enforcement Companies House - Other materials by the author

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Some of the concepts that discussed in this session include:

Benefits of the public disclosure of BO data;
Balancing public disclosure of BO data with data protection and privacy laws;
The extent to which BO information should be made available to public and any exemptions granted – international good practice; and
Practice of charging a fee for data access.

Geographical Focus:

Global

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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