Makela Taphorn | Director, Investor Relations |
Eric Colson | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer |
C.J. Daley | Chief Financial Officer |
James Steele | Jefferies |
Bill Katz | Citigroup |
Kenneth Lee | RBC Capital Markets |
Robert Lee | KBW. |
Chris Shutler | William Blair |
Ryan Bailey | Goldman Sachs |
Mike Carrier | Bank of America |
Hello and thank you for standing by. My name is Mike and I will be your conference operator today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder this conference call is being recorded. At this time, I will turn the call over to Ms. Makela Taphorn, Director Investor Relations for Artisan Partners Asset Management.