Primer / Intro

Primer

This Primer sets out to explain the basics of Beneficial Ownership and the basics of a data standard handling Beneficial Ownership.

People new to the concept of Beneficial Ownership will want to know what it is and why it’s important. Looking then at what data is needed to describe a Beneficial Ownership chain, we can understand the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard as a kind of template. Finally we look at the scope of the Standard and what it offers.