Ex-Goldman recruit drives HSBC's investment banking ambitions

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Using a rare hire from a Wall Street firm, HSBC is pushing hard to become the top European-based investment bank while its regional rivals struggle with regulatory fines and falling revenues. Former Goldman Sachs banker Matthew Westerman, who took over as head of the Global Banking division in May, has made sweeping changes in the drive to steal market share in a business area where HSBC lags most of its major peers. The London-based lender wants to capitalis