enterprise risk management

The Risk Institute Releases Fourth Annual Survey on Integrated Risk Management

Data Reveals Risk Management Funding Growing, Opportunity to Improve Corporate Objectives

Columbus, Ohio – Today The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, a leading risk-management research organization, reveals its Fourth Annual Survey on Integrated Risk Management. The report surveyed more than 500 financial, nonfinancial, public and private firms to understand how U.S. companies view the role of risk management, the influence of governance and culture and how risk impacts business decisions.

The data reveals 70% of firms have an integrated risk management unit and companies are
increasing funding for risk management, but the size of those units continues to decrease. Despite recognizing the need to invest in risk, firms are not investing in people. Among the other 2018 findings:

  • 60% of risk managers believe that artificial intelligence will play a role in risk management in the future.
  • 28% of firms surveyed have been victims of a cyber attack – a risk that continues to grow each year.
  • 55% of respondents do not use predictive analytics, and those that do have been using them for less than two years.
  • 44% expect to outsource some or all of their risk function.

Risk management policies play an increasingly critical role in a firm’s ability to create value and remain competitive. Both financial firms and nonfinancial firms reported that when they integrate risk management into business processes, they are able to improve corporate objectives.

“One of our key objectives at The Risk Institute is to create a greater understanding of how organizations can proactively leverage risk management to create shareholder value,” said Phil Renaud, Executive Director of the Risk Institute. “Volatility in the current economic and political environment, as well as cyber risk becoming a real threat to many firms, lead to a more vulnerable business environment, making the role of risk management more integral.”

To learn more about the Risk Institute and its Fourth Annual Survey on Integrated Risk Management, please visit: http://go.osu.edu/risksurvey

About the Risk Institute

The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business is a collection of forward-thinking companies and academics that provide effective risk management strategies to not only protect firms, but position firms to create growth and value. The Risk Institute helps members consider risk from all perspectives: legal, operational, strategic, reputational, talent, financial and many more. The Risk Institute operates at a unique intersection between faculty, students and professionals from a broad cross-section of industries. With a leading-edge approach to risk management, The Risk Institute creates a unique exchange for risk-centered conversations, ideas and strategies that can’t happen anywhere else.

 

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Post Executive Education Session Summary: ERM for Nonfinancial Institutions

In our environment of continuing economic uncertainty, attention to risk at the Enterprise Level is important. On May 23, The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University, Fisher School of Business presented, as part of its 2017 Executive Education series, the topic, “Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for Nonfinancial Institutions”.

This session presented options for businesses just getting started with ERM, businesses trying to improve their current process or those managing economic and business disruptions. The political and economic spheres have ushered in disruptions across the business environment landscape. There is no better time than now to develop and enhance your firm’s enterprise risk management process.  Our session brought to the forefront leading academic work within the ERM space, tools that are being developed to facilitate a smoother process, along with real-world examples of programs currently in place. Our speakers provided applicable examples highlighting the ERM Journey from their industry perspective and how senior leadership approached the challenge.

The session raised conversation with regard to Enterprise Risk Management processes and risk mitigants that businesses can take. Participants involved themselves in a “Think Tank” exercise facilitated by founding member, EY. That facilitated exercise created the opportunity to review a tool that is in place to extend the ERM risk mapping challenges from spreadsheets to a much more user-friendly and interactive process for businesses.

Session leaders, Professor Bernadette Minton, Chair, Fisher College of Business Department of Finance, The Ohio State University; Tammy Izzo, EY Central Region Government and Public Services Leader; Nick Kaufman, Director of Risk Management, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio and; Ray Roshek, Director of Risk Management and Employee Benefits, Lancaster Colony Corporation collaborated to provide insight into:

  • ERM and the Current Environment
  • Targeted Risk Management for the Current Political Climate
  • Leveraging Risks and Values
  • Investing in ERM: Motivating your Company

The session emphasized how our member companies are going about proactively using risk management tools and methodology to balance the risks related to Enterprise Risk Management in order to meet business goals and enhance business performance.

The session provided thought provoking ideas and advanced The Risk Institute’s unique role in uniting industry thought leaders, academics and highly respected practitioners in an ongoing dialog to advance the understanding and evolution of risk management. The Risk Institute’s conversation about risk management is open and collaborative with its relevance across all industries and its potential for competitiveness and growth.

 

 

Executive Education Session Next Week: ERM for Nonfinancial Institutions

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In an environment of continuing economic uncertainty, attention to risk at the Enterprise Level is important. On May 23, 2017, The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business will be presenting, as part of its Executive Education series, the topic “Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for Nonfinancial Institutions”.

Whether you are just getting started with ERM, or trying to manage the myriad of economic and business disruptions, or want to learn how you may improve your current process, this session is for you. The political and economic spheres have ushered in disruptions across the business environment landscape. There is no better time than the present to develop or enhance an enterprise risk management process.

The session will raise conversation with regard to the Enterprise Risk Management processes, but will also look at risk mitigants that businesses can take.  Our session will bring together thought leadership from academia, consulting and corporations to discuss the latest ideas and trends within ERM.

Session leaders, Professor Bernadette Minton, Chair, Fisher College of Business Department of Finance, The Ohio State University; Tammy Izzo, EY Central Region Government and Public Services Leader; Nick Kaufman, Director of Risk Management, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio and; Ray Roshek, Director of Risk Management and Employee Benefits, Lancaster Colony Corporation will collaborate to provide insight into:

  • ERM and the Current Environment
  • Targeted Risk Management for the Current Political Climate
  • Leveraging Risks and Values
  • Investing in ERM: Motivating your Company

The session will emphasize how to proactively use risk management to balance the risks related to Enterprise Risk Management in order to meet business goals and enhance business performance.

The session will provide thought provoking ideas and advance The Risk Institute’s unique role in uniting industry thought leaders, academics and highly respected practitioners in an ongoing dialog to advance the understanding and evolution of risk management. The Risk Institute’s conversation about risk management is open and collaborative with its relevance across all industries and its potential for competitiveness and growth.