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id="navbar-component-template"> <div class=" navbar-component vue-component navbar-wrapper position-relative " v-if="vm" >  <div class=" px-0 " v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'default'}" > <desktop-navbar class=" d-none d-xl-flex pb-2 " :vm="vm" ></desktop-navbar> </div>  <mobile-navbar :vm="vm" > </mobile-navbar>  <blogs-navbar :vm="vm.blogHeader" v-if="$store.state.data.siteInfo.isBlog"></blogs-navbar> </div> </script>   <script type="text/x-template" id="legacy-nav-list-item-component-template"> <div class=" legacy-nav-list-item-component vue-component nav-list-link-container " > <legacy-learn-more-trigger :vm="vm" class=" nav-link text-kpmg-blue p-0 border border-top-0 border-left-0 border-right-0 " ></legacy-learn-more-trigger> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="legacy-logout-link-component-template"> <div class="nav-list-link-container"> <a class=" legacy-logout-link-component vue-component btn-link text-kpmg-blue p-2 border border-top-0 border-left-0 border-right-0 " href="#" @click.stop.prevent="logoutUser();" > {{vm.label}} </a> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="legacy-learn-more-trigger-component-template"> <a class=" legacy-learn-more-trigger-component vue-component " :data-uri="(vm.url.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.url : '/content/kpmgpublic' + vm.url" :href="(vm.url.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.url.substr(19) : vm.url" :data-modal-url="(vm.url.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.url.substr(19) : vm.url" :data-bs-remote="(vm.url.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.url.substr(19) : vm.url" data-name="learnmore" data-bs-target="#kpmgModal" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-backdrop="static" oncontextmenu="return false" > {{ vm.label }} </a> </script>   <script type="text/x-template" id="navbar-typeahead-component-template"> <type-ahead class=" navbar-typeahead-component vue-component d-inline " :src="url" :getresponse="getResponse" :delaytime="parseInt($store.state.data.search.serverData.config.typeaheadDelayTime)" :selectfirst="false" :onhit="onHit" :placeholder="$store.state.data.search.serverData.config.placeholder" @keyup.enter="onEnter" v-model="inputValue" @typeaheadkeyupenter="onEnter" ></type-ahead> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="type-ahead-component-template"> <div class=" type-ahead-component vue-component input-group " :class="[classes]" > <div class="input-wrapper mobile"> <label class="sr-only" for="mobile-search" v-html="placeholder"></label> <input type="text" id="mobile-search" :title="placeholder" class="type-ahead-select taller" :placeholder="placeholder" autocomplete="off" v-model="query" @keydown.down="down" @keydown.up="up" @keydown.enter.prevent="hit" @keydown.esc="reset('escape')" @input="update($event)" @keyup.enter="onKeyUpEnter" @keyup.right = "right" /> </div> <label class="sr-only" for="desktop-search" v-html="placeholder"></label> <input type="text" id="desktop-search" class="type-ahead-select desktop" :placeholder="placeholder" autocomplete="off" v-model="query" @keydown.down="down" @keydown.up="up" role="combobox" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" autocomplete="off" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-controls="dropdownMenu" aria-owns="dropdownMenu" @keydown.enter.prevent="hit" @keydown.esc="reset('escape')" @input="update($event)" @keyup.enter="onKeyUpEnter" @keyup.right = "right" /> <div class="sr-only results-count-sr" aria-live="polite" role="status"></div> <div class="sr-only selection-count-sr" aria-live="polite" role="status"></div> <div v-show="hasItems" class="dropdown-menu-list dropdown-menu" :class="{hasItems: hasItems}" > <ul id="dropdownMenu" role="listbox" > <li role="option" v-for="(item , index) in items" :class="{active:activeClass(index)}" :id="'typeahead-option-'+index" v-bind:key="index + '-typeahead'" @mousedown="hit" @mousemove="setActive(index)"> <a v-html="highlighting(item, vue)"></a> </li> </ul> <ul v-if="showSearchingFlag" v-show="!hasItems&&!isEmpty" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" > <li class="active" @mousemove="setActive(index)" v-if="!loading"> <a> <span v-html="NoResultText"></span> </a> </li> <li class="active" @mousemove="setActive(index)" v-else> <a> <span v-html="SearchingText"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="logo-image-component-template">  <div class="logo-image-container"> <a class="logo-image-component vue-component navbar-brand p-0 " v-process-url="vm.linkURL" v-if="vm" >  <img :src="$store.state.data.siteInfo.assetsDomain + vm.imgURL" :alt="vm.altText" /> </a> <a class="skip-nav" href="#page-content">Skip to content</a> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="blogs-navbar-component-template"> <div class="blogs-navbar-component vue-component"> <ul class="blog-header-list"> <li> <a :href="vm.home.linkURL" class="list-item"> {{ vm.home.label }} </a> <span class="separator">|</span> </li> <li> <a :href="vm.topics.linkURL" class="list-item"> {{ vm.topics.label }} </a> <span class="separator">|</span> </li> <li> <a :href="vm.authors.linkURL" class="list-item"> {{ vm.authors.label }} </a> </li> </ul> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="country-site-selector-search-component-template"> <div class="country-site-selector-search-component vue-component h-100" v-on:click="stopParentEvent" > <div class="country-site-selector-search-wrap"> <p class="search-text">{{vm.i18nLabel.selectOtherLocation}}</p> <label class="sr-only" for="country-site-selector-search"> {{vm.i18nLabel.enterCountry}} </label> <input type="text" id="country-site-selector-search" class="input-country-site-selector-search" autocomplete="off" :placeholder="vm.i18nLabel.enterCountry" v-on:keyup="onKeyUpEnter" > <div class="sr-only results-count-cs" aria-live="polite" role="status"></div> </div> <div class="result-container"> <div class="country-site-selector-noresults"> {{vm.i18nLabel.errorMessage}} </div> <div class="country-site-selector-result-container"> <ul class="country-site-selector-list-group" > <li> <a href="/xx/en/home.html" title="Global (EN)">Global (EN) </a> </li> <li v-for="list in vm.countryList"> <a v-bind:href="list.link" :title="list.country+' ('+list.locale.toUpperCase()+')'">{{list.country}} <span class="locale-lang">({{list.locale}})</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="desktop-navbar-component-template">  <nav class=" desktop-navbar-component vue-component navbar navbar-expand bg-white position-static rounded-0 " v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, show: true }" v-if="vm && vm.logo && vm.navbarNav" >  <logo-image v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, show:true, color: 'deeppink' }" v-if="vm.logo" :vm="vm.logo" ></logo-image>  <navbar-nav class="mx-auto" v-if="vm.navbarNav && isDesktop" :vm="vm.navbarNav" ></navbar-nav>  <navbar-ikon-menu :vm="vm" v-if="isDesktop" ></navbar-ikon-menu> </nav> </script>    <script type="text/x-template" id="interest-summary-component-template">  <a class=" interest-summary-component vue-component d-flex h-100 " :href="vm.linkUrl" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'danger' }" v-if="vm" >  <div class=" d-flex flex-column text-white bg-cobalt-blue p-4 h-100 ">  <h2 class="mb-0 font-kpmg pb-2" > {{vm.title}} </h2> <span class="threshold-value">25</span>  <p class=" text-white interest-exists my-3 " > {{vm.includesText}} </p> <div class="summary interest-exists"> <p class=" font-kpmg text-white my-0 py-0 " v-for="(item, idx) in vm.summaryList" :key=" idx + '-summary-list'" > {{item}} </p> </div> <p class=" text-white my-3 pb-3 " > {{vm.selectText}} </p>  <p class="text-right mt-auto pt-3"> <link-label-with-chevron :vm='{ "label": vm.label, "linkUrl": "vm.linkUrl" }' :classes='{ "label": ["text-white text-center"], "chevron": ["text-white font-2-rem"] }' ></link-label-with-chevron> </p> </div> </a> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="navbar-nav-component-template"> <ul class="navbar-nav-component vue-component navbar-nav" v-if="vm" > <navbar-nav-list-item v-for="(link, index) in vm" v-bind:key="index + 'navbar-nav-list-item' " v-if="link" :vm="link" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'lightgreen', show: true}" ></navbar-nav-list-item> </ul> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="navbar-ikon-menu-component-template">  <div class="navbar-ikon-menu-component vue-component mt-2" v-dev="{ isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'success' }" v-if="vm" >  <ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown class="d-inline-block position-static" v-if="vm.accountActionList" :vm="vm.accountActionList" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'mediumspringgreen', show: true}" > </ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown>  <ikon-trigger-with-animated-search-bar v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'mediumspringgreen', show: true}" :vm="vm.search" > </ikon-trigger-with-animated-search-bar>  <ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown class="d-inline-block position-static" v-if="vm.siteSelectorList" :vm="vm.siteSelectorList" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'mediumspringgreen', show: true}" ></ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown> </div> </script>   <script type="text/x-template" id="ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown-component-template"> <div class="ikon-trigger-with-navflyout-dropdown-component vue-component dropdown" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'primary' }" v-if="vm && vm.isVisible" >  <button class=" px-0 py-3 text-kpmg-blue icon icon-fw cursor-pointer dropdown-trigger " data-bs-toggle="dropdown" v-on:keyup.enter="showDropdown" v-if="vm && vm.iconStyle" :class="vm.iconStyle" :aria-label="vm.title" @focus="closeNavigationDropdownOnTabFocus" @click="clampLines" > <span class="notVerified icon-notVerified" v-if="vm.iconStyle === 'icon-person1'"> </span> </button>  <nav-flyout-fullbleed v-if="vm.flyout" :vm="vm.flyout" class="dropdown-menu"></nav-flyout-fullbleed> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="ikon-trigger-with-animated-search-bar-component-template"> <div class="ikon-trigger-with-animated-search-bar-component vue-component d-inline-block position-relative" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'warning' }" >  <animated-search-bar class="d-none"></animated-search-bar>  <button class="icon icon-search icon-fw px-2 py-1 text-kpmg-blue cursor-pointer" aria-expanded="false" :aria-label="vm.title" @keyup.enter="$children[0].showSearchBar();" @click="$children[0].showSearchBar();"></button> </div> </script>   <script type="text/x-template" id="navbar-nav-list-item-component-template"> <li class=" navbar-nav-list-item-component vue-component nav-item d-inline-block dropdown position-static " v-if="vm" > <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" x-cq-linkchecker="skip" class=" nav-link text-kpmg-blue nav-dropdown-toggle pt-3 " v-process-url="vm.linkURL " v-if="vm.linkURL && vm.internalLinkFlag == 'false'" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false" @click.prevent="addActiveClassOnTabFocus" > {{vm.i18nLabel}} <span class="sr-only"> {{ vm.newTabAllow }} </span> </a> <a class=" nav-link text-kpmg-blue nav-dropdown-toggle pt-3 " v-process-url="vm.linkURL " v-else-if="vm.linkURL" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="false" role="button" @click.prevent="addActiveClassOnTabFocus" > {{vm.i18nLabel}} </a>  <nav-flyout-fullbleed :vm="vm.flyout" class="d-none"></nav-flyout-fullbleed> </li> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="nav-flyout-fullbleed-component-template">  <div class="dropdown-menu nav-flyout-fullbleed-component vue-component position-absolute py-2 rounded-0 psd-fullbleed-padding" v-bind:class="{'site-selector-menu':vm.cell1.type==='site-selector-menu', 'w-100 bg-gray-96':vm.cell1.type !== 'site-selector-menu'}" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'info'}" v-if="vm && showFlyout" >  <div class="container">  <div class="row mx-auto px-0 justify-content-center">  <nav-flyout-cell v-if="vm.cell1" :vm="vm.cell1" ></nav-flyout-cell>  <nav-flyout-cell v-if="vm.cell2" :vm="vm.cell2" ></nav-flyout-cell>  <nav-flyout-cell v-if="vm.cell3" :vm="vm.cell3" ></nav-flyout-cell> </div> </div> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="animated-search-bar-component-template"> <div class="animated-search-bar-component vue-component position-absolute d-none" >  <span class="icon icon-search" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'kpmg-blue'}" ></span>  <navbar-typeahead></navbar-typeahead>  <span class="icon icon-close text-kpmg-light-purple" @click="hideSearchBar();" v-on:keyup.enter="hideSearchBar" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'danger'}" aria-label="Close search" tabindex="0" role="button" ></span> </div> </script>   <script type="text/x-template" id="nav-flyout-cell-component-template"> <div class="nav-flyout-cell-component vue-component col" v-if="vm && vm.type" :class="{'static-position':vm.type === 'nav-list', 'col-lg-4 col-xl-4':vm.type !== 'site-selector-menu', 'col-lg-12 col-xl-12':vm.type === 'site-selector-menu'}" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, show: true, color: 'firebrick' }" >  <card-link v-if="vm.type && vm.type === 'card-link'" :vm="vm" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'Chartreuse', show: true }" ></card-link>  <promotional v-else-if="vm.type && vm.type === 'promotional' " :vm="vm" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'darkviolet', show: true }" ></promotional>  <interest-summary v-else-if="vm.type && vm.type === 'interest-summary' " :vm="vm" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'darkviolet', show: true }" ></interest-summary>  <site-selector-list v-else-if="vm.type && vm.type === 'site-selector-menu' " :vm="vm" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'mediumblue', show: true }" ></site-selector-list> <nav-list v-else-if="vm.type && vm.type === 'nav-list' " :vm="vm" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, color: 'orangered', show: true }" ></nav-list> </div> </script>  <script type="text/x-template" id="promotional-component-template">  <div v-if="vm" class="promotional-component vue-component h-100 d-flex " :title="vm.linkUrl" v-dev="{isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'danger' }" >  <div class=" d-flex flex-column text-white bg-kpmg-blue p-4 h-100 w-100 ">  <h2 class="mb-0 font-kpmg" > {{ vm.welcomeLabel.trim() }}, <br> {{ vm.userName }} </h2>  <p v-if="nonNewUser" class=" text-white mt-3 nonNewUser " > {{ vm.text }} </p> <p v-else-if="newUser" class="text-white mt-3 new-user"> {{vm.newUser1}} <a class="text-white" :href="vm.interestUrl" :title="vm.interestUrl" style="font-size:14px !important;"> {{vm.newUser2}} </a> {{vm.newUser3}} <a style="font-size:14px !important;" class="text-white" :title="vm.learnMoreUrl" :data-uri="(vm.learnMoreUrl.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.learnMoreUrl : '/content/kpmgpublic' + vm.learnMoreUrl" :href="(vm.learnMoreUrl.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.learnMoreUrl.substr(19) : vm.learnMoreUrl" :data-modal-url="(vm.learnMoreUrl.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.learnMoreUrl.substr(19) : vm.learnMoreUrl" :data-bs-remote="(vm.learnMoreUrl.indexOf('/content/kpmgpublic/') > -1) ? vm.learnMoreUrl.substr(19) : vm.learnMoreUrl" data-name="learnmore" data-bs-target="#kpmgModal" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-backdrop="static" oncontextmenu="return false" v-if="vm.learnMoreUrl" > {{vm.newUser4}} </a> </p> <p v-else="unKnownUser" class=" text-white mt-3 " > {{ vm.unknownUser }} </p>  <div class="sprite-icon-tag my-3 mr-auto ml-0"></div> <p class="text-right mt-auto" v-if="!loggedIn"> <link-label-with-chevron :vm='{ "label": vm.label, "linkURL": vm.linkUrl }' :classes='{ "label": ["text-white text-center"], "chevron": ["text-white font-2-rem"] }' ></link-label-with-chevron> </p> </div> </div> </script> <script type="text/x-template" id="nav-list-component-template"> <nav class="nav-list-component vue-component d-flex flex-column h-100" v-dev="{ isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'kpmg-blue' }" v-if="vm" >  <template v-for="(item, idx) in vm.links" v-if="item.label" >  <legacy-nav-list-item v-if=" (item.key === 'kpmg.personalization.homepage.mykpmgflyout.aboutMyKpmg') || (item.key === 'kpmg.personalization.homepage.mykpmgflyout.learnMore') " :vm="item" :key=" (idx + '-legacy-nav-list-item') " > </legacy-nav-list-item>  <legacy-logout-link v-else-if="(item.key === 'kpmg.personalization.homepage.mykpmgflyout.logout')" :vm="item" :key=" idx + '-legacy-logout-link' " ></legacy-logout-link>  <div v-else class="nav-list-link-container"> <a class=" text-kpmg-blue line-clamp line-clamp-3 border border-top-0 border-left-0 border-right-0 " :key="idx + '-nav-list-item'" v-process-url="item.url" v-if="item.internalFlag == 'false' && item.url" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" x-cq-linkchecker="skip" > {{ item.label }} <span class="sr-only"> {{ item.newTabAllow }} </span> </a> <a class=" text-kpmg-blue line-clamp line-clamp-3 border border-top-0 border-left-0 border-right-0 " :key="idx + '-nav-list-item'" v-process-url="item.url" v-else-if = "item.url" > {{ item.label }} </a> </div> </template>  <span class="pr-2 pb-2 d-block mt-auto mr-0 last-link" v-if="vm && vm.viewAll" >  <a class=" line-clamp line-clamp-3 " v-if="vm.viewAll.linkURL && vm.viewAll.internalLinkFlag == 'false'" v-process-url="vm.viewAll.linkURL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" x-cq-linkchecker="skip" > {{ vm.viewAll.label }} <span class="sr-only"> {{ vm.viewAll.newTabAllow }} </span> </a> <a class=" line-clamp line-clamp-3 " v-else-if = "vm.viewAll.linkURL" v-process-url="vm.viewAll.linkURL" > {{ vm.viewAll.label }} </a> </span> </nav> </script> <script type="text/x-template" id="card-link-component-template"> <a class=" card-link-component vue-component card rounded-0 " v-process-url="vm.linkUrl" v-if="vm.linkUrl && vm.internalLinkFlag == 'false'" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" x-cq-linkchecker="skip" v-dev="{ isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'warning' }" :title="vm.title" > <div v-if="vm.isVideo=='Video'" class="video-icon-container"> <span class="icon-video-play"></span> <span class="sr-only">Video Icon</span> </div>  <div class="img-container object-fit-img-container crop-image"> <img class="card-img-top rounded-0 img-responsive" v-bind:class="[vm.altText ? '' : 'decorative-img']" :src="$store.state.data.siteInfo.assetsDomain + vm.imgUrl + '/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.'+[vm.isRenditionOptimized=='true'?'510.340':'440.280']+'.jpg'" :alt="vm.altText" v-if="vm.imgUrl" > <div class="kpmg-gradient-blurred"></div> <img class="card-img-top img-below rounded-0 img-responsive" v-bind:class="[vm.altText ? '' : 'decorative-img']" :src="$store.state.data.siteInfo.assetsDomain + vm.imgUrl + '/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.'+[vm.isRenditionOptimized=='true'?'510.340':'440.280']+'.jpg'" :alt="vm.altText" v-if="vm.imgUrl" > </div>  <div class="card-body border-0" v-dev="{ isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'warning' }" > <div class="card-info"> <div class="primary-tag"> <span class="icon-primaryTag" v-if="vm.primaryTag"></span> {{ vm.primaryTag }} </div>  <h4 class="card-title line-clamp line-clamp-2" > {{ vm.title }} </h4>  <div class="card-text line-clamp line-clamp-3" > {{ vm.description }} </div> </div> </div> <span class="sr-only"> {{ vm.newTabAllow }} </span> </a> <a class=" card-link-component vue-component card rounded-0 " v-process-url="vm.linkUrl" v-else-if="vm.linkUrl" v-dev="{ isDev: $root.isDev, variant: 'warning' }" :title="vm.title" > <div v-if="vm.isVideo=='Video'" class="video-icon-container"> <span class="icon-video-play"></span> <span class="sr-only">Video Icon</span> </div>  <div class="img-container object-fit-img-container crop-image"> <img class="card-img-top rounded-0 img-responsive" v-bind:class="[vm.altText ? '' : 'decorative-img']" :src="$store.state.data.siteInfo.assetsDomain + vm.imgUrl + '/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.'+[vm.isRenditionOptimized=='true'?'510.340':'440.280']+'.jpg'" :alt="vm.altText" v-if="vm.imgUrl" > <div class="kpmg-gradient-blurred"></div> <img class="card-img-top img-below rounded-0 img-responsive" v-bind:class="[vm.altText ? 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