Aeriance Investment, the commercial real estate debt fund manager, originated €270 million across 20 loans during 2015 as it increased its activity in the UK regions. The firm has now lent €1.6 billion since it was launched in 2008.

Investec Structured Property Finance had provided a £20 million development loan to its industrial joint venture with Kier Property, Trade City.

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a £145 million loan to Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT), managed by Aberdeen Asset Management.

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a £40 million revolving credit facility to AIM-listed self-storage company Lok’nStore to provide the company with funding for site acquisitions.

Irish Residential Properties REIT (I-RES REIT) finances its €83 million apartment scheme with a €250 million debt facility.

Deutsche Hypo and ING Commercial Banking have provided a €160 million loan to a fund managed by Patrizia Immobilien to finance a property portfolio in the Netherlands.

ING group has appointed Annerie Vreugdenhil as its new global head of real estate finance. Vreugdenhil will replace John Boyles and will begin her new role in February.

CBRE has launched a global loan servicing business following the completion of its buy-out of GEMSA Loan Services, its US joint venture with GE Capital.

UK debt brokerage Laxfield Capital has launched a small-ticket lending programme, targeting loans of £1 million to £30 million, with funding allocated by two global institutional investors.

Varde Partners has issued a CMBS to refinance a portfolio of secondary UK properties, and sold the bonds to Credit Suisse.