Libertas Partners, a new high-yield dealer based in Greenwich, Conn., has recruited two new senior saleswomen, according to Sal Abbatiello, the firm's coo and president. They are Catherine Frey, a senior saleswoman who worked most recently at Bear Stearns but has taken two years off, and Laylyn Kenyon, who has sold junk bonds at Salomon Smith Barney and Barclays Capital. Both women will be managing directors, and they bring the new firm's secondary sales, trading and research effort up to seven people. Abbatiello says he hopes eventually to make 23 more hires. "The number of extremely qualified people out there right now is unbelievable," he says.