My conversation with Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) Executive Director Gavin Hayman and Head of Communications Georg Neumann continued with an exploration of two issues: 1) infrastructure procurement, particularly regarding Ukrainian reconstruction and China’s global role in the sector; and 2) developments in beneficial ownership transparency (BOT).

Executive Director of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition Ian Gary has been clear about his view of the move by the US Treasury Department to weaken enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Following a March 21 rule from Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, US companies and US owners of foreign companies – essentially 99.9 percent of covered entities – will no longer need to file beneficial ownership information wit

Early last month, a federal judge in Texas issued a decision that halts enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for now.