Mark Bette | Director of Investor Relations |
Biff Bowman | Chief Financial Officer |
Michael O’Grady | Chairman and CEO |
Aileen Blake | Controller |
Kelly Lernihan | Investor Relations |
Michael Carrier | Bank of America |
Brennan Hawken | UBS |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Glenn Schorr | Evercore |
Steven Chubak | Wolfe Research |
Brian Bedell | Deutsche Bank |
Betsy Graseck | Morgan Stanley |
Ken Usdin | Jefferies |
Jim Mitchell | Buckingham Research |
Brian Kleinhanzl | KBW |
Gerard Cassidy | RBC Capital Markets |
Good day, everyone. And welcome to the Northern Trust Corporation Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference. Today’s call is being recorded. And now at this time, I would like to turn the conference over to the Director of Investor Relations, Mark Bette for opening remarks and introductions. Please go ahead.