IFR Markets Hires Trio of Veteran Analysts

Thomson IFR Markets, New York, has announced the hiring of three market veterans as part of an initiative to enhance its credit and structured products coverage.The analysts -- Stephen Carter, John Nash, and Christopher Reich -- bring more than 45 years of industry experience in covering such markets as commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and collateralized debt obligations, the company said. "A major focus of this initiative will be improving IFR Markets' distribution of real-time deal-related information by providing customers with more timely news and analysis on deals when they are announced," the company said. IFR Markets' parent company, The Thomson Corp., can be found online at http://www.thomson.com.