Some of the main questions covered during our March 9th event included:

• Which jurisdictions have established registries of beneficial ownership and how successful have they been in providing greater transparency?
• Which jurisdictions are moving forward with the creation of registries of beneficial ownership? What sort of challenges have they met?
• What is being done to ensure that those who make beneficial ownership declarations are held accountable should such disclosures prove to be false or misleading?
• In Hong Kong, the registry of significant controllers is only available for inspection by law enforcement officers and not the public. Do you agree with this arrangement?
• And plenty more!

Our panelists:

• Dr. Peter Wilson, Global Tax Expert, PB First Global Tax Advisors, Dubai, UAE
• Nienke Palstra, Campaigner – Anti-Money Laundering, Global Witness, London, UK