The COVID-19 pandemic is both reinforcing traditional strategies that drive consolidation and steering new trends

Illinois is among the states that critics say have downplayed their unfunded long-term debts and should be forced by new GASB rules to become more transparent.

Munis were stronger across the curve as secondary trading was constructive and bellwether credits moved yields lower.

Leveraging technology for the creation and distribution of both companies’ products while also providing transparency and educational tools for financial advisors, institutions and issuers, is key to the merger.

The deal is the latest example of a consolidation in the financial information and data industry.

CommonSpirt would shed some hospitals — mostly smaller critical access ones — under a letter of intent with the Minnesota-based system.

A new path forward for digital banks and their customers.

Bel Air Investment Advisors is Hightower's 14th and largest acquisition in a year, with $8 billion of assets under management including $2.8 billion of municipals.

The deal helped pave the way for the reopening of the capital markets for not-for-profit health systems amid the then-insurgent COVID-19 pandemic.

It is unclear how or if the merger will affect IHS Markit's current work in the municipal space, but the firm had already been expanding its reach on a global scale.

Such moves could reduce costs by up to $180 million in present-value savings, Joe Torsella said.

From finding new efficiencies to redefining the customer experience; fintechs are permanently changing financial services. But what does the actual acquisition process look like?

The proposed combination of the major not-for-profit healthcare players in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin encountered opposition in Michigan.

Bond restructurings are expected to save Virginia's public colleges and universities $300 million by deferring debt service payments for two years.

Analysts warn that borrowing planned in a revised New Jersey budget will result in lasting fiscal distress as it pays back the debt.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Palos Health are the latest Midwest systems exploring a merger.

With convention and hotel taxes plummeting, Lexington is financing up to three years of debt service to avoid default and backing the deal with a GO pledge.

Northwest suburban Chicago-based Northwest Community Healthcare is joining the NorthShore University which operates five hospitals in the northern sububs and Chicago.

Bond analyst Joseph Krist examines the types of debt most vulnerable to the coronavirus hit. He also discusses the Federal Reserve's Municipal Lending Facility. Recorded June 10. Paul Burton hosts.

The new system would hold a commanding presence in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin with $17 billion of revenues and 100,000 employees.