Bank of America – Robinhood catches heat – Bank of America MD promotion list- Sundheim’s D1 takes a bath on AMC bet

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Bank of America has promoted 86 managing directors in its sales and trading, research, and operations groups – here are all the names

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Bank of America announced a new batch of managing directors.

The 86 new MDs come from across the sales and trading, research, and operations groups and are a 16% uptick from last year’s class. We’ve got the full list of names.

Click here to see the entire list.

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Hedge fund phenom Dan Sundheim’s D1 Capital has been stung by the AMC short bet caught up in Reddit’s trading frenzy

D1 Capital, managed by phenom Dan Sundheim, took a hit from the Reddit-fueled trading frenzy into AMC Theaters. Read more here.

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Robinhood user launches class action suit against the trading app hours after it blocked purchases of GameStop

Unhappy with Robinhood’s decision to restrict trading in some securities, the fintech’s customers have filed a lawsuit. See more here. 

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Some GameStop store employees say they’re getting investing questions from customers and they’re in the dark about how to handle it

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GameStop store employees have been dealing with some investing questions they feel ill-prepared for. Get the full rundown here.

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Odd lots:

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Facebook just hired a top lawyer from ViacomCBS as the social-media giant’s first chief compliance officer (BI)

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Exxon is fighting a plan hatched by major investors to push the oil giant to reveal how it influences climate policy (BI)