A recent dataset from LSEG highlights how ownership structures, rather than direct listings, account for a large share of sanctions-linked securities worldwide.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Risk Intelligence has released a Sanctioned Securities Data File that maps global sanctions directly to financial instruments, showing that around one-third of sanctions-linked securities are identified through ownership and control links rather than explicit legal designations. Russia-related measures dominate the landscape, accounting for roughly 60% of global sanctions-linked issuance The dataset links sanctions information to securities at an instru