PropertyOct 24 2014

Octopus property fund is squids in

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Octopus has raised £130m for its Commercial Real Estate Debt fund, investing in a sector that has benefited from the wider economic recovery.

The fund, a closed-ended limited partnership, offers investors credit-based exposure to this market.

According to the prospectus, the fund will help solve the problem entrepreneurs have in gaining access to finance in the face of highly conservative lending policies adopted by banks in the wake of the financial crisis.

The fund is managed by Dragonfly Property Finance, the property finance arm of Octopus. Launched five years ago, it has already lent in excess of £1bn.