Nomura today issued a statement on the arrest of a former employee of Nomura Securities.
The company confirmed that on October 30, 2024, a former employee of Nomura Securities was arrested by Hiroshima Prefecture police on suspicion of robbery, attempted murder, and arson of an inhabited building.
Nomura stated:
“We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy and apologize to our clients who suffered because of this incident. We also apologize to all those affected by the trouble it is causing. We will continue to cooperate fully with the police investigation.
We take this matter very seriously. An incident like this must never happen at a financial institution entrusted with looking after its clients’ assets”.
Nomura has introduced new pre-approval rules governing visits by Wealth Management employees to clients’ homes for the foreseeable future. The company is also tightening rules around the monitoring of employee movements to ensure more robust and effective oversight.
In addition, Nomura will introduce block leave where employees must be absent from the workplace for a certain period of time to detect any wrongdoing, implement stricter evaluation of employee compliance and conduct, and carry out training to foster professional ethics.
Nomura sent a Senior Managing Director in charge of Wealth Management Retail Strategy to work out of its Hiroshima Branch Office.
