Khajuria: Conservative internal risk management prevents systemic risk in private equity
Sachin Khajuria · Sachin Khajuria and Brendan Ballou – Private Equity: Profit or Plunder? (EP.331) · Aug 7, 2023 · at 52:01
Former Apollo partner Sachin Khajuria responds to critiques from Brendan Ballou regarding systemic risk and bankruptcy rates in private equity.
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“We're not seeing systemic problems with private equity. There are very few that go bust. And I think not just because of the corporate veil point, but I think also just the way their own risk management is set up. It's inherently very conservative.”
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