It is also aiming to boost its presence within the M25, where it has in the past been under-represented.
HSBC has hired two investment bankers away from Morgan Stanley to boost its presence in leveraged lending, a business that includes providing funds for private equity deals.
Its parts are likely to be sold, perhaps to Huawei Technologies, a Chinese rival which has been looking to boost its presence in North America for some time.
The move is widely seen as a precursor to wider official action through the WTO.Phoning abroadBritish Telecom announced plans to boost its presence in international corporate communications.
BNP Paribas is said to be keen to get its hands on one of them to boost its presence in French retail banking.
This latest deal suggests that he now thinks that, having blazed a trail in formerly communist countries, it is time to boost his presence in more mature markets.
Germany will boost police presence at airports and train stations and carry out stop-and-search operations close to border areas, as residents were told to brace themselves for more acts of terrorism.
Moscow has been conducting a bombing campaign in Syria in support of its long-time ally President Bashar al-Assad since September 2015, and has taken steps to boost its presence in the country.
BBC America, the United States division of the British Broadcasting Company, is to announce today that it has closed distribution deals with two major cable companies that should significantly boost its presence in the states.
The Anglo-Dutch household goods firm, which is also behind Finish dishwasher tablets, Harpic bleach and Strepsils cough sweets, said the deal provided an "attractive opportunity" to boost its presence in the health and personal care sector.
A move for Nedbank - which is the country's fourth largest bank and is worth around $10bn in total - would fit in with Standard Chartered's aim to boost its presence in Africa.
