Barclays Capital has announced further expansion plans for its US equity derivatives team, for which it will hire ten traders and salespeople. The announcement comes following a number of senior appointments over the summer, including former BNP Paribas institutional sales head Ed Ware, who joined as an associate director in New York.Barclays Capital, which has traditionally focused on fixed income products in the United States, has built up a 20-person equity derivatives team over the past 18