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Firstrust Financial Resources, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based community bank Firstrust Bank, hired advisor Lisa Hanson.

Securities America, the nation’s seventh-largest independent broker-dealer, wrapped up 2011 with a handful of executive promotions.

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have decided to push back the deadline for completing their merger until March 31.

Federated Investors has reached an agreement to acquire Prime Rate Capital Management of London, a specialist in cash management and fixed income products. The company also has a family of UCITS, including the Prime Rate Sterling Liquidity Fund, Prime Rate Euro Liquidity Fund and Prime Rate U.S. Dollar Liquidity Fund.

With approval from the U.S. Justice Department in hand and approval from the European Commission still to be achieved, NYSE Euronext is looking for a period of relative quiet through the end of the year on its quest to merge with Deutsche Boerse.

The merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse has been cleared on the New York side of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Financial Services Institute has appointed the CEO of a large broker-dealer holding company to its 2012 Board of Directors.

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have offered to cap fees on trading in their European derivatives contracts for three years in their last-ditch effort to get their $9 billion merger cleared by the European Union.

inShareWells Fargo & Co. has signed a deal to acquire investment boutique EverKey Global Partners.

Reliance Trust, a wealth management trust and services firm based in Atlanta with $87 billion in AUM, has appointed Richard F. Curcio and Ward Curtis to its board of directors.