Pressure mounts on Australia's Westpac board over money-laundering scandal
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp came under mounting pressure on Wednesday to refresh it board after a money-laundering scandal claimed its chief executive and chairman.Proxy adviser CGI Glass Lewis recommended shareholders vote against director Peter Marriott at the annual general meeting on Dec. 12 as he had been on the board since the payments at the centre of the scandal began in 2013."Due to the length of his tenure and his banking background ... his accountability for..