One year after the Panama Papers: Progress on anonymous corporate ownership?

Thursday, March 30, 2017

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC
20036

One year after the Panama Papers exposed the offshore banking activities of the clients of the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca, it is still legal and permissible for corporations in America to be anonymously owned. This practice continues to draw criticism in the face of mounting requirements for financial institutions to ‘know their customers,’ and among foreign policy experts who fear a growing kleptocracy. What is the proper policy response to an area where financial regulation, national security, foreign policy, and global business converge?

On March 30, the Center on Regulation and Markets at Brookings hosted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) for keynote remarks on efforts to end the use of anonymously owned corporations. A panel of experts and regulators followed his keynote remarks.

Agenda

March 30
- Opening Remarks
  
  Aaron Klein Miriam K. Carliner Chair - Economic Studies, Senior Fellow - Center on Regulation and Markets @AaronDKlein
- Panel
  
  Moderator
  
  KGH
  
  Kevin G. Hall Chief economics correspondent and senior investigator - McClatchy newspapers @KevinGHall
  
  Panelist
  
  Charles Davidson Executive Director of the Kleptocracy Initiative - The Hudson Institute
  
  Norman Eisen Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM) @normeisen.bsky.social
  
  BPO
  
  Brian P. O’Shea Senior Director - Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness @bposhea82
  
  MLE
  
  Matthew L. Ekberg Senior Policy Advisor - Institute of International Finance
- Keynote Address
  
  The Hon. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) U.S. Senate @SenWhitehouse