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Cayman best Overseas Territory on beneficial ownership register

Cayman is the only major UK Overseas Territory offshore financial centre to have an open register of beneficial ownership up and running by the April deadline, a UK watchdog has reported.
An aerial view of the business area of downtown George Town, Grand Cayman

Status of Cayman beneficial ownership platform unclear

Legislation went into effect on July 1 that establishes a beneficial ownership platform intended to access the true owners of the nearly 100,000 Cayman-registered companies – a system aimed at improving the speed of providing beneficial ownership to U.K. law enforcement authorities.

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