Ron Kruszewski | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Jim Marischen | Chief Financial Officer |
Victor Nesi | Co-President |
Jim Zemlyak | Co-President |
Steven Chubak | Wolfe Research |
Devin Ryan | JMP Securities |
Chris Harris | Wells Fargo |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
I would like to welcome everyone to Stifel Financial's First Quarter 2019 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, I'd like to remind everyone that today's call may include forward-looking statements. These statements represent the firm's belief regarding the future events that, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of the firm's control. The firm's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from what is indicated in those forward-looking statements.
For a discussion of some of the risks and factors that could affect the firm's future results, please see the description of risk factors in the current annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 2018.