Author: Andres Knobel

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When AI runs a company, who is the beneficial owner?

By Andres Knobel ■ 19 May 2025 ■ 5 min READ
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Insights from the United Kingdom’s People with Significant Control register

By Maria Jofre, Andres Knobel
13 May 2025
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Uncovering hidden power in the UK’s PSC Register

By Maria Jofre ■ 13 May 2025 ■ 3 min READ
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Asset beneficial ownership – Enforcing wealth tax & other positive spillover effects

By Andres Knobel, Markus Meinzer
4 March 2025
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Another EU court case is weaponising human rights against transparency and tax justice

By Andres Knobel ■ 28 June 2024 ■ 19 min READ
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The IMF’s paper on opaque bank ownership is fully aligned with our beneficial ownership policies

By Andres Knobel ■ 29 April 2024 ■ 3 min READ
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The secrecy enablers strike back: weaponising privacy against transparency

By Andres Knobel ■ 26 March 2024 ■ 8 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Privacy-Washing & Beneficial Ownership Transparency

By Andres Knobel
26 March 2024
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The IMF’s anti-money laundering strategy review is promising, but it all comes down to implementation

By Andres Knobel ■ 26 February 2024 ■ 4 min READ
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Why beneficial ownership frameworks aren’t working – and what to do about it

By Andres Knobel
20 December 2023
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New report on how to fix beneficial ownership frameworks, so they actually work

By Andres Knobel ■ 20 December 2023 ■ 14 min READ
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Our response to the FATF’s consultation on Guidance on Recommendation 25 on beneficial ownership transparency for legal arrangements

By Andres Knobel ■ 30 November 2023 ■ 15 min READ
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30 uses for beneficial ownership (beyond anti-money laundering)

By Andres Knobel ■ 15 November 2023 ■ < 1 min READ
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Uses and purposes of beneficial ownership data

By Andres Knobel
14 November 2023
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The unexploited silver bullet to tackle enablers: mandatory disclosure rules

By Andres Knobel ■ 14 July 2023 ■ 7 min READ
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Beneficial ownership and fossil fuels: lifting the lid on who benefits

By Andres Knobel ■ 30 June 2023 ■ 4 min READ
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A fund-amental improvement: IMF engagement on its anti-money laundering strategy

By Andres Knobel ■ 8 May 2023 ■ 5 min READ
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The state of play of beneficial ownership registration in Latin America 2022

By Florencia Lorenzo, Andres Knobel, Adrian Falco, Maria Eugenia Marano
13 March 2023
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10 targets every country’s beneficial ownership laws should meet (and how to meet them effectively)

By Andres Knobel ■ 7 February 2023 ■ 3 min READ
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Roadmap to Effective Beneficial Ownership Transparency (REBOT)

By Andres Knobel ■ 7 February 2023 ■ 19 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Beneficial ownership registration in 2022: developing countries lead the way

By Andres Knobel ■ 15 December 2022 ■ 5 min READ
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The state of play of beneficial ownership registration in 2022

By Andres Knobel, Florencia Lorenzo
15 December 2022