Our Insights
A collection of opinion pieces from the Tideline Team
Top1000Funds – “Defining and diligencing impact funds”
Compass Series – “DEI 2.0 and why this time is different”
This recap of Tideline's Compass Series event on "Putting Diversity Promises Into Action" was written by Carol Lee and Jane Bieneman. Watch the full recording here. Despite decades of efforts to increase diversity and representation across the financial...
New Private Markets – “The bittersweet growth of the impact scene”
Pensions & Investments – “How institutional is impact investing?” (by Jane Bieneman)
This piece was originally published in Pensions & Investments. The impact investing market is gaining steam, as evidenced by nearly daily announcements of new products and entrants, not least of which is Temasek’s $500 million investment in LeapFrog in March 2021....
STATEMENT – “Tideline Managing Partner Ben Thornley and BlueMark CEO Christina Leijonhufvud Issue Statement on SEC Risk Alert and SFDR”
Tideline Managing Partner Ben Thornley and BlueMark CEO Christina Leijonhufvud today issued a joint statement in response to recent regulatory developments in the U.S. and EU aimed at clamping down on greenwashing and impact-washing in the investment management...
Compass Series recap – “How climate-focused investors can become climate impact investors”
By Ben Thornley Tideline recently hosted a Compass Series event on Climate Investing with True Impact. The panel featured some of the world’s largest and most innovative investors in climate for a discussion on the difference between thematic investments in...
Tideline Speaks With ImpactAlpha: ‘Operating Principles Help Investors Hold Asset Managers Accountable for Impact
Impact Investing’s Next Chapter: Integrity Through Assurance
March 9, 2020 | Tideline and The Rockefeller Foundation partnered up to lead an engaging discussion on why impact verification is key to scaling the market with integrity in a virtual event entitled Impact Investing’s Next Chapter: Integrity Through Assurance. Watch...
Tideline Supports Guys and St Thomas’ Charity to Develop Impact Investment Strategy
How to Evaluate Funds That Invest in Women
Reducing Risks by Managing for Impact in Opportunity Zone Investments
An Innovative Model for Financing Affordable Eye Care Delivers
July 10, 2018 | Blindness is among the most preventable afflictions on Earth. While an estimated 253 million people worldwide are visually impaired and 36 million are completely blind – 80% of blindness is either curable or preventable. [1] The vast majority of the...
Creating an Impact Fund? Here Are Our Four Ground Rules
March 13, 2018 | Based on Tideline’s experience advising impact clients, as well as our work in traditional financial markets, we have found there’s a common set of best practices for creating a new investment fund or other vehicle, be it single bottom line or impact:...
South by Social: Austin is the Capital of Impact Entrepreneurship, Too
Investor Readiness: How Asset Owners can Prepare for Effective Impact Investing
Fulfilling the Promise of Catalytic Capital to Scale for Food Security
Ramping up Global Health Investments to Fight Diseases of Low-Income Countries
December 2017 | Tideline Partners’ Briefing
December 20, 2017 Dear Friends, As 2017 draws to a close, we wanted to thank you for your partnership and share some reflections as seen through Tideline’s recent work with leading investors, asset managers, and market builders in impact investing. We were thrilled...
The Investment Project: Mobilizing Private Investment for Development
Major Asset Managers Moving Slowly But Surely Toward Impact Investing
What a Difference a Year Makes: Tideline Grew Rapidly Reflecting Surging Interest in Impact Investing
Private Sector Investment in Global Health R&D: Spending Levels, Barriers, and Opportunities
A Seat at the Table
The Impact Management Project
Road Work Ahead: Smoothing the Flow of Impact Investing with Lane Markers and Turn Signals
Tideline Deepens Impact Investing Expertise with Strategic Hire
Be the Change: Five Steps for Transitioning into a Values-Aligned Career
Tideline Gives Path to Allocators in a Rapidly Changing Impact Investment Environment
Impact Investing Expert Proposes ‘Impact Classes’ to Parallel ‘Asset Classes’
Cracking the Code of Impact Investing
June 2016 | Tideline Partners’ Briefing
June 9, 2016 | This is the first in a series of briefings from the partners at Tideline, Christina Leijonhufvud, Ben Thornley and Kim Wright-Violich, sharing insights from our work with a diverse group of clients at the forefront of impact investing. In this edition,...