Timbercreek launches €200m ‘challenger bank’

The company has incorporated an Irish subsidiary and is recruiting staff

Timber Creek head of US and European debt, Bradley Trotter

Timbercreek, a €3.4 billion Canadian private equity firm, is to target Irish property with the launch of a €200 million challenger bank in Dublin.

The company has incorporated an Irish subsidiary and is recruiting staff, as well as looking for office space.

The lender will offer short-term debt to fund transition and development activities, according to its head of US and European debt, Bradley Trotter.

“A combination of the economic demographic and real ...