Macquarie Capital appointed Michael Barrish and Jeff Abt as managing directors in its U.S. debt capital markets group. Barrish will report to Stephen Mehos, senior managing director and head of financial products for Macquarie Capital in the U.S. Abt will report to Kevin Smith, senior managing director and head of syndicated loan and high-yield capital markets.

Barrish joins from RBC Capital Markets, where he led new business origination, structuring and execution for corporations and financial sponsors across a number of industries. Barrish also worked in the leveraged finance group at Merrill Lynch and previously at Citigroup.

Abt joins from JPMorgan where he was a managing director in leveraged capital markets. Prior to that, Abt was a managing director in loan capital markets at RBC Capital Markets in New York, as well as the loan capital markets group at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.

“We are excited to welcome Michael and Jeff to Macquarie,” said Stephen Mehos. “They bring a very successful track record of raising debt capital for financial sponsors and corporate clients across a range of industries, and will provide Macquarie with broader transaction expertise, strong industry relationships and deep origination and syndication capabilities. They will help us ensure that we address a wider range of client needs across Macquarie’s expanding client base. These additions underscore the continued growth of our U.S. DCM platform.”