A strategically minded CFO will realize that strategic corporate risk management is about finding the right balance between risk prevention and proactive value generation. Efficient risk and performance management requires adequate assessment of risk and risk exposures on the one hand and...

This paper investigates factors associated with high quality Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs in financial services firms, and whether ERM quality enhances performance and signals credibility to the financial markets. ERM, developed with the assistance of the accounting profession,...

The current literature on the adoption of enterprise risk management (ERM) abstracts from the issue of its strategic context. Accounting for the interplay between ERM and various individual risk management (IRM) practices, this paper presents a theoretical basis to study the strategic...

This paper develops a dynamic risk management model to determine a firm's optimal risk management strategy. This strategy has two elements: First, for low leverage values, the firm fully hedges its operating cash flow exposure, due to the convexity of its cost of capital. When leverage exceeds a...

The recent financial crisis has raised several questions with respect to the corporate governance of financial institutions. This paper investigates whether risk management-related corporate governance mechanisms, such as for example the presence of a chief risk officer (CRO) in a bank's...

The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between profits and risks of Frasers Centerpoint Limited. This study was carried out using the secondary data which was obtained from the annual reports of five companies in consecutive years from 2013 until 2017. Return on asset (ROA) has...

This research focuses on the ultimate impact of hedging effectiveness on firm performance. Successful risk management in firms should lead to a lesser occurrence of lower business outcomes than higher outcomes (e.g., positive skewness in quarterly earnings per share). We empirically estimate the...

This paper tests the effect of the establishment of risk management committee on bank risk, bank loan performance and bank value. The Dodd Frank Act of 2010 provides us with quasi-experimental variation on risk management committee establishment that facilitates identification. I present two...

We examine the effects of diversity in the board of directors on corporate policies and risk. Using a multi-dimensional measure, we find that greater board diversity leads to lower volatility and better performance. The lower risk levels are largely due to diverse boards adopting more persistent...

Financial risks are everywhere, and it will affect the performance of a company. Every company should manage financial risks efficiently. The purpose of this study is to identify the financial risks associated with Cocoaland Holdings Berhad which is a food and beverages company and how it...