HSBC has hired William Barter as the head of UK for global banking. A former head of UK investment banking and corporate broking at Nomura, will join HSBC in March in a newly created position. He reports to co-heads of global banking Robin Phillips and Kevin Adeson. Prior to his time at Nomura, he had been a managing director in Citigroup's UK investment banking team from 2007 to 2009. He left Nomura at the end of last year, according to the FSA Register of approved persons.