Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent of risk disclosure and the factors determining this for all listed banks in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Relying on a theoretical framework based on agency theory and the creation of a risk disclosure index (RDI) based on...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship among corporate risk disclosure, cost of equity capital and performance within banking institutions in a developing country setting. The authors argue that corporate risk disclosure reduces the cost of capital as investors attain better...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between risk governance and bank performance in a country where disclosure of risk information is virtually voluntary. Design/methodology/approach – Using 210 bank-year observations comprising hand-collected data for the...

The purpose of this study is to use structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the extent to which different monitoring mechanisms – the board and its committees, shareholders and independent auditors – are complements (i.e. a positive covariance) or substitutes (a negative...