Makela Taphorn | Director, Management Reporting & IR |
Eric Colson | Chairman, President & CEO |
Charles Daley | EVP, CFO & Treasurer |
Michael Carrier | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Christopher Shutler | William Blair & Company |
Kenneth Lee | RBC Capital Markets |
William Katz | Citigroup |
Ryan Bailey | Goldman Sachs Group |
Daniel Fannon | Jefferies |
Robert Lee | KBW |
Hello, and thank you for standing by. My name is Andrew. I will be your conference operator today. [Operator Instructions]. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Makela Taphorn, Director, Investor Relations for Artisan Partners Asset Management.