#6AMLD

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 week ago

The State of Beneficial Ownership: a free webinar at 2pm CET on 24th March 2026 featuring Stephen Abbott Pugh from Understand beneficial ownership and David McCurdie from spektr

The State of Beneficial Ownership

Join me and David McCurdie of Spektr for a free webinar at 2pm CET on Tuesday 24 March to discuss the latest developments when it comes to working out who owns what

www.spektr.com/webinar/the-...

#beneficialownership #AMLR #6AMLD #CDD #AML #UBO #openstandards

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 week ago

Sweden has published a draft bill to introduce legitimate interest access to its national beneficial ownership register in line with the EU's Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-do...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #UBO #6AMLD #AML

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 month ago

Greece has updated its beneficial ownership rules to allow access for those with legitimate interest to information on how both companies and trusts are owned/controlled 🇬🇷

www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #UBO #6AMLD

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 month ago

Portugal has become the 16th jurisdiction to make its beneficial ownership information searchable via the EU's Beneficial Ownership Registers Interconnection System (BORIS) 🇵🇹 🇪🇺 e-justice.europa.eu/topics/regis...

#6AMLD #UBO #beneficialownership

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 month ago

"The landscape is dynamic, and access rules can change without notice or at short notice" - Moody's on EU beneficial ownership data landscape as countries continue to implement changes from the EU AML package

www.moodys.com/web/en/us/ky...

#beneficialownership #UBO #AML #legitimateinterest #6AMLD

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

1 month ago

Romania has become the 15th jurisdiction to make its beneficial ownership information searchable via the EU's Beneficial Ownership Registers Interconnection System (BORIS) 🇷🇴 🇪🇺 e-justice.europa.eu/topics/regis...

#6AMLD #UBO #beneficialownership

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

2 months ago

The Luxembourg Business Registers team has automatically extended the validity of codes used by journalists and civil society organisations to access the country's beneficial ownership register by a year www.lbr.lu/mjrcs-web-fr...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #6AMLD #UBO

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

2 months ago

Those with legitimate interest should be able to access beneficial ownership information on trusts and legal arrangements in Italy, according to a new opinion from CJEU advocate general

curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #AML #UBO #6AMLD #AMLA

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

3 months ago

Registries Revealed | Episode 8: What's going on with UBO register access?... with Stephen Abbott Pugh

Listen to the full episode on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1a5A... or watch it on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQP...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #6AMLD #AMLR #UBO

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

3 months ago

EU UBO Registry Access for Obliged Entities (2025 Guide)  — Kyckr The most comprehensive EU UBO register guide, covering all EU member states, including Cyprus and Malta, legitimate interest access rules, the 6AMLD, and how to obtain reliable UBO data across all mem...

Ultimate beneficial ownership registers across the EU are on a journey from public access to more robust legitimate interest access as member states work to transpose the Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive by July 2026. So how's it going so far? www.kyckr.com/blog/eu-ubo-... #UBO #KYC #KYB #6AMLD

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

4 months ago

Portugal is shifting to legitimate interest access to its beneficial ownership register, following the final approval of legislative amendments by the country's president on 17 October 2025

www.presidencia.pt/en/news-agen...

#beneficialownership #legitimateinterest #UBO #AMLD6 #6AMLD

Stephen Abbott Pugh

@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social

6 months ago

Adgang til oplysninger om reelle ejere Denne vejledning omhandler, hvem der kan få adgang til oplysninger om reelle ejere fra den 1. september 2025, betingelser for adgangen og muligheden for at videregive oplysninger om reelle ejere samt ...

So it is great to see the Danish authorities emphasising that “legitimate interest should be understood in the broadest possible sense” erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/vejledning-a...

#beneficialownership #openstandards #opendata #legitimateinterest #UBO #6AMLD