Global Updates on Transparency, Data and Registry Specialisation
June leaned into register data and transparency — Ireland’s new quarterly company statistics, the UK’s progress cleaning up its register, and Australia’s enhanced beneficial-ownership consultation — alongside a reminder, in Gibraltar’s new aircraft register, of how specialist registries keep emerging. Here is our round-up of the month’s corporate-registry news.
Here are this month’s highlights:
- Ireland: CRO to publish quarterly company-lifecycle statistics
The Companies Registration Office announced it will publish quarterly statistics on incorporations, restructurings, liquidations and strike-offs from Q1 2026, positioning CRO data as a key indicator of business activity. The first release was due 5 June.
Read More - Canada: Advocates warn Canada still lacks a foreign-influence registry
Six months after draft rules were published, Canada had yet to enact its Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act, drawing pressure from global organisations.
Read More - Gibraltar: Aircraft-registry operator launches the Gibraltar Aircraft Register
The company behind the Aruba and San Marino aircraft registries launched the Gibraltar Aircraft Register — a reminder of how niche asset registries are carving out specialist markets.
Read More - New Zealand: New AML identity-verification code to take effect
New Zealand announced a refreshed anti-money-laundering Identity Verification Code of Practice — its first update since 2013 — with most provisions in force from 1 July, easing barriers to proving identity.
Read More - United Kingdom: Progress reported in cleaning up the Companies House register
Companies House reported progress in cleaning up the register and tackling economic crime, with further identity-verification rollout, enhanced transparency of the Register of Overseas Entities and an intelligence-led enforcement approach underway. (Web-sourced — not from the channel.)
Read More - Australia: ASIC consults on enhanced beneficial-ownership disclosure for listed entities
ASIC consulted on a legislative instrument, form and guidance for enhanced beneficial-ownership disclosure, part of reforms improving transparency about who ultimately owns and controls listed entities, commencing December 2026. (Web-sourced — not from the channel.)
Read More - United States: US government AI use is ballooning — and lacks transparency
A Guardian commentary tracked the surge in US government AI use and its transparency gaps, referencing Canada’s AI register — an AI-governance story rather than a corporate-register one.
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