The money we invest is not ours. It belongs to the pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments, financial institutions and family offices that invest with us – and ultimately their beneficiaries. Preserving their capital is our top priority and brings purpose to our work. Our employees value their responsibility as custodians of capital and are committed to investing for the long term in our partners’ interests.

Hayfin has an exceptionally open and collaborative culture. We stress teamwork in everything we do and across all areas of the firm. Our investment professionals come into regular contact with the senior management team and participate in the investment committees for the transactions they work on. The firm’s ethos gives all employees informal exposure to people, strategies, ideas, and ways of thinking that they would not experience at firms with different cultures.

Hayfin has grown from its beginnings in a small office in London to be one of Europe’s leading alternative asset managers. But we have retained the entrepreneurial spirit that drove us from the start. Our teams apply their skills to a diverse range of opportunities and are always looking for new ideas. We are flexible and ready to shift our strategy as markets develop. All employees are encouraged to take responsibility and stretch themselves in a dynamic working environment. This makes working at Hayfin exciting and fun.

In line with our collaborative culture, we give people responsibility, support, and feedback. Most development happens on transactions where employees work with senior managers who are committed to investing time in their professional development. Taking part in investment committees gives our people exposure to decision-making at the top level which is rare in our industry. Employees also receive structured feedback and many informal opportunities to learn and develop.

Hayfin employs people from a wide variety of backgrounds. We believe the more diverse we are as a firm the more successful we will be. We aim for cognitive diversity that embraces different ways of seeing and thinking – and to achieve this we need to be truly diverse. We want to take a lead in opening up the alternative credit industry to a broader range of people.

We foster an ambitious and high-performing culture where people understand improvement is a constant exercise. We want our people to develop so that they become better at what they do and are happy in their work. We are also developing the next generation of leaders. To help our people fulfil their potential we provide structured training in areas such as communication, negotiation, and relationship management to support them as they move up through the firm and represent Hayfin.