S&P Capital IQ, the data firm for investors, has announced a string of hires in London and New York. Roger Hirst has joined the London office as a vice president and director of European equity research operations. He previously worked at Bear Stearns and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson amongst other firms. William Mack has rejoined the firm as a consumer products analyst in London, having left in 2007. Roderick Wallace has joined as an equity insurance analyst in the London office. In New York, Barbara Coffey has joined as a software equity analyst while and David Lewis has joined as a consumer products (advertising and publishing) equity analysts. Lewis was most recently an equity research vice president at JP Morgan.