2012 AFP Risk Survey

AFP and Oliver Wyman have joined forces to produce a series of annual risk management surveys to study the impact that uncertainty has on Treasury and Finance. The inaugural survey, conducted in October 2011, examined what financial professionals state are the risks that cause them the greatest concern broken down into five categories:

• Financial Risk (credit, liquidity, interest rate, currency/FX)
• Macroeconomic Risk (GDP growth, inflation)
• Business/Operations Risk (supply chain disruptions, production interruptions, litigation, labor, outsourcing, IT)
• External Risk (country risk, regulatory, natural disaster)
• Commodities Risk (power & heat, crude oil & distillates, agricultural, metals)

The survey generated responses from 435 financial professionals across North America that provide insight on what companies perceive to be the biggest risks to earnings and the challenges in dealing with them. The survey also examines the extent to which financial professionals expect even greater uncertainty to their organizations' earnings over the next five years and the actions they are taking help mitigate this risk.

• 2012 AFP Risk Survey Introduction & Key Findings (PDF)
• Access the full 2012 AFP Risk Survey (PDF, log-in required)
• Read the press release. Journalists, please contact pr@afponline.org for a copy of the full report.