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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