Apollo Global Management LP has begun marketing its latest credit fund, with a $750 million target, according to a regulatory filing, sister magazine Buyouts reported.

The $100 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas is to buy a stake in Formula One racing from the estate of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers, writes Reuters. The pension fund will buy a three percent stake in the motor racing business from the Lehman Brothers’ estate in a deal worth about $200 million, writes Reuters. This follows a string of powerful investors that have bought into Formula 1 as owner CVC gradually reduces its stake.

European headquartered buyout house Apax Partners has reached a first close on Apax VIII in just ten months.

The $145 billion retirement system is actively considering making large separate account commitments through its private equity program, according to Buyouts magazine.

Texas’s $105 billion Teacher Retirement System, America’s sixth largest pension fund and a big friend of private equity, on Monday named Brian Guthrie, 41, as its new executive director. He will replace current head Ronnie Jung on September 1st, who announced last year that he intended to step down from the role. Jung had been [...]