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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published the 2021 EU-wide stress test results, which involved 50 banks from 15 EU and EEA countries, covering 70% of the EU banking sector assets. This exercise allows to assess, in a consistent way, the resilience of EU banks over a three-year horizon under both a baseline and an adverse scenario, which is characterised by severe shocks taking into account the impact of the pandemic.

The latest A&M Non-executive Director (NED) report we look at actual fees paid and the disclosed fee policies for FTSE 350 and FTSE SmallCap companies with year ends between 1 March 2020 and 31 January 2021. Fee differences between financial services companies and other sectors are also analysed in this report.

Marc Harrison, M.D., President and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, reveals his multiple moonshot quest, as he continues his journey to make big, meaningful strides of improvement in Healthcare.

A huge increase in working capital investment is approaching the automotive industry owing to issues securing semi-conductors. COVID-19 led to intermittent production downtime and impacted 2020 sales heavily, with auto companies squeezing working capital balances to support additional liquidity to survive the pandemic. As consumer demand for vehicles resumes, OEMs and Tier 1 & 2 suppliers are struggling to secure supply of semi-conductors – a crucial component in modern vehicles.