Multiple challenges of risk management in EU credit institutions

Abstract

This paper is intended to be a significant insight into risk management issues by describing the main types of such risks and by providing management and evaluation procedures of significant risks into some active banking companies in Romania. In times of crisis, risk management in the banking system has a greater importance than in the normal economic times. The 2011 was a year in which Romania has been hit by the repercussions of the international economic crisis. Using strategies against risks, implementing procedures to monitor and control risks, risk assessment, and quantification can substantially reduce the financial losses of a company or those of a financial institution. Risk management is an integral part of all decision-making and business processes from credit institutions, its purpose being to protect their sustainable development. The innovations in the financial market, the internationalization of specific operations, and the pressure of competition are just a few arguments that impose a permanent supervision of the general and specific risks. This is the main reason why is compulsory to find new methods of managing risks, to keep in consideration the identification, evaluation of the management and control of the banking system and of each bank.