Risk management and firm performance: an analysis of financial institutions in Malaysia

This study examines risk management practices in Malaysia by financial institutions. Risk management is highly strengthen by Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance (MCCG) 2017. Specifically, it stress in the role of board and risk management committee. Hence, this study examines the relationship between risk management committee (RMC) structure which are risk management committee size, risk management committee composition and risk management committee meeting frequency with firm performance (ROA) of listed financial institutions in Malaysia from the year 2016 to 2017. Data are collected from the annual reports of 32 sampled firms. Results of this study show that there are no significant relationship between variables such as risk management committee size, risk management committee composition and risk management committee meeting frequency with firm performance. However, the findings show that there is a significant relationship between the firm size as control variable with the firm performance of financial institutions.