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

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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

Robinhood catches heat - Bank of America MD promotion list- Sundheim's D1 takes a bath on AMC bet
Brian Moynihan, the chief executive of Bank of America.Joshua Roberts/Reuters

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.

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Click here to see the entire list.

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

Robinhood catches heat - Bank of America MD promotion list- Sundheim's D1 takes a bath on AMC bet
Daniel Sundheim, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of D1 Capital Partners speaks during the 2019 Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidBrendan McDermid/Reuters

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

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

Robinhood catches heat - Bank of America MD promotion list- Sundheim's D1 takes a bath on AMC bet
Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev cofounders and CEOs of RobinhoodRobinhood

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

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

Robinhood catches heat - Bank of America MD promotion list- Sundheim's D1 takes a bath on AMC bet
GameStop employee Randi Taber (L) sells a copy of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' to Chris Fowler of Nevada during a launch event for the highly anticipated video game at a GameStop Corp. store November 7, 2011 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Video game publisher Activision released the eighth installment in the ''Call of Duty' franchise at midnight on November 8.Ethan Miller/Getty Images

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

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

24 pension fund officials demand BlackRock disclose its political activity and cut off any lawmakers that opposed Biden's certification as president (BI)

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

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