Risk Disclosure In Annual Reports Research Articles

The determinants of risk disclosure in the Indonesian non-listed banks

This study aims to explain the extent of risk disclosure of Indonesian non-listed banks' annual reports and to investigate the factors that drive non-listed banks to disclose risk information in their annual reports. This study provides a new method for measuring risk disclosure in the Indonesian context. We measure risk disclosure by the number of Indonesian risk-related keywords divided by total number of sentences in annual reports. The analysis shows that the total number of risk keywords, sentences and risk disclosure in annual reports has an upward trend. Bank size positively affects risk disclosure. This suggests that firm characteristics influence non-listed banks' risk disclosure.

The value relevance of risk disclosure in annual reports: Evidence from MENA emerging markets

Our paper aims to examine whether voluntary risk disclosure in the annual report contains value-relevant information for investors to predict future earnings. We used a large-scale sample firms from MENA emerging markets. Our sample includes 809 year-observations for the 3-year period, 2007–2009. Our study offers two significant contributions. First, we found a positive relationship between voluntary risk information and the market's ability to anticipate 2-years ahead future earnings change. The positive association provides us with the first empirical evidence of the usefulness of risk disclosure in annual reports. Second, we found that the level of proprietary costs tends to moderate the perceived relevance of risk information, thereby making investors rely on another source of information in forecasting future earnings change.

An exploratory study of intangibles risk disclosure in annual reports of banking companies from the UK, US, Germany and Italy - Some descriptive insights

Intangibles are viewed as the key drivers in most industries, and current research shows that firms voluntarily disclose information about their investments in intangibles and their potential benefits. Yet little is known of the risks relating to such resources and the disclosures firms make about such risks. In order to obtain a more balanced and complete picture of firms' activities, information about the risky side of their intangibles is also needed. This exploratory study provides some descriptive insights into intangibles-related risk disclosure in a sample of 16 large banks from the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), Germany and Italy. Annual report data is analyzed using the three Intellectual Capital dimensions. Study findings illustrate the variety of intangibles-related risk disclosure as demonstrated by the banks involved.