<div>UPDATE 1-Japan's Nomura picks Kentaro Okuda to succeed Nagai as CEO</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Nomura named operating chief Kentaro Okuda as its new chief executive on Monday, replacing Koji Nagai who will become chairman of Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=puq6DFuD4oA:giOsEUgGtNY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=puq6DFuD4oA:giOsEUgGtNY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=puq6DFuD4oA:giOsEUgGtNY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=puq6DFuD4oA:giOsEUgGtNY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=puq6DFuD4oA:giOsEUgGtNY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/puq6DFuD4oA" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters