| Abstract: | Following the 1991 recession, financial institutions investedheavily in risk management capabilities. These investments targetedfinancial (credit, interest rate, and market) risk management.I will show that these investments helped reduce earnings andloss volatility during the 2001 recession, particularly by reducingname and industry-level credit concentrations. I also suggestthat the industry now faces major risk challenges (better treatmentof operational, strategic, and reputational risks and betterintegration of risk in planning, human capital management, andexternal reporting) that are not addressed by recent investmentsand that will require development of significant new risk disciplines. |
