Barclays Capital has bolstered its US equity-linked products team with two senior hires as the investment banking arm of the UK bank continues the rapid expansion of its operations in the Americas.

The bank has hired Steve Barral as a managing director and head of US convertible bond sales. He joins Barclays Capital after eight years on the convertible bond sales team at JP Morgan. He will report to Philippe El-Asmar, Barclays Capital's head of solution sales for the Americas.