This study aims to examine empirically the impact of competition, corporate
governance and ownership concentration on risk reporting and to identify the nature of
voluntary risk reporting through examining the annual reports of 105 non-financial
companies for the year 2007. Egyptian companies provide a low compliance level with
mandatory risk reporting requirements and tend to disclose more qualitative and
backward-looking voluntary risk reporting. Therefore, it could be concluded that there
is a risk information gap in the annual reports of Egyptian companies and consequently
both stockholders and stakeholders are unable to assess companies’ risk/return profile.
In addition, in line with the prediction of agency theory and proprietary cost, it is
suggested that competition, role duality, board size, ownership concentration and
auditor type are key determinants of risk reporting practices of Egyptian companies