Rick Herbst | Chief Financial Officer |
Tom Capasse | Chief Executive Officer |
Steve Delaney | JMP Securities |
Jade Rahmani | KBW |
Tim Hayes | B. Riley FBR |
Stephen Laws | Raymond James |
Crispin Love | Sandler O’Neill |
Ben Zucker | BTIG |
Scott Valentin | Compass Point |
Christopher Nolan | Ladenburg Thalmann |
Greetings, and welcome to Ready Capital Corporation Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Rick Herbst, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.
Thank you, operator, and good morning and thanks to those of you on the call for joining us this morning.