Bank of America Corp.

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  BlackRock to Plan Asia Investment Fund with CIC

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  BlackRock is said to be planning to launch an Asia investment fund together with China Investment Corp., China’s sovereign wealth fund.

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  Banks Report $31 Billion in Overdraft Fees in 2011 as CFPB Ponders New Rules

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  April 20, 2012

  The amount has caught the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is reviewing bank overdraft practices.

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  Sallie Krawcheck Joins Board of Gold Bullion International

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  April 18, 2012

  Sallie Krawcheck, one of the financial industry’s most well-known—and controversial—executives has joined the advisory board of Gold Bullion International, the company announced Wednesday.

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  ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks Bigger Than Before Crisis

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  April 16, 2012

  The five largest domestic banks now hold $8.5 trillion of assets, or 56% of the nation’s GDP, and are bigger than before the financial crisis.

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  Dividend ‘Bubble,’ Dow Cloud Earnings Season Outlook

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  April 10, 2012

  Might we be in a dividend bubble? If the number of news accounts on the benefits of dividend-paying stocks, and the mountains of company cash, is any indication, one would most certainly say yes.

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  Succession Planning 201: How to Motivate a Newly Hired Advisor

  By Greg Friedman, MS, CFP  |  March 8, 2012

  Hiring a new advisor for your small(er) firm is one thing, keeping them motivated can be another. Here’s how to retain those new hires

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  PIMCO Quits SIFMA Splinter Group

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  February 22, 2012

  PIMCO is leaving the American Securitization Forum, an offshoot of SIFMA that represents underwriters and holders of securitized debt. The bond fund behemoth cited what it believed was a lack of advocacy on behalf of the organization’s money manager members as the reason.

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  Bank of America in $335 Million Settlement Over Countrywide Loans

  By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press  |  December 22, 2011

  The DOJ says it's the largest settlement in history over residential fair lending practices.

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  S&P, Fitch Cut Ratings of 17 Banks in U.S., Europe

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 16, 2011

  S&P clips 10 in Spain, Fitch hits BofA and Goldman.

• Fitch Downgrades 3 Big Banks, Threatens Over a Dozen More

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  October 14, 2011

  Fitch Ratings cut the long-term issuer default ratings of three major banks late Thursday, and warned that more than a dozen more may see their ratings cut as well as it put them on a negative watch.