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Nomura shareholders re-appoint CEO, brush off insider probe


    TOKYO (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings Inc shareholders re-elected CEO Kenichi Watanabe on Wednesday despite a protracted insider trading probe that has raised questions about his leadership of Japan's largest investment bank.

    Earlier this month Nomura admitted that its employees had leaked to clients confidential information on planned share offerings by three companies it underwrote in 2010, highlighting a serious breach in compliance.

    Shareholders also voted to re-appoint Director and Chairman of the Board Nobuyuki Koga.

    Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) had recommended shareholders vote against both Watanabe and Koga, arguing they should be held accountable for the scandal.

    (Reporting by Nathan Layne; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)