Wilf van Geest (left) and Ed Batchelor

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The van Geest family – from selling bananas to residential private credit

Wilf van Geest (left) and Ed Batchelor

The van Geest family is cutting its exposure to UK private rentals to enter the lending business, aided by a residential private credit fund that paid investors a net return of 10% in its first year.

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