India, Dec. 6 -- An overwhelming majority of financial firms' risk managers don't believe they can adequately assess the risks of disruptive technologies but are open to new strategies and tools to better manage emerging threats, according to a new report by Accenture.

The report, "Accenture 2019 Global Risk Management Study," is based on a survey of nearly 700 risk management executives in the banking, insurance and capital markets sectors globally.

Among the key findings: Only 11% of risk managers describe themselves as fully capable of assessing the risks associated with adopting artificial intelligence (AI) across their organizations, and even fewer said they are fully capable of assessing the risks associated with robotic process a...