Alicia A. Charity | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
James M. Cracchiolo | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
Walter S. Berman | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
Adam Klauber | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Alexander Blostein | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
John Nadel | UBS Securities LLC |
Ryan Krueger | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. |
Suneet Kamath | Citi |
Andrew Kligerman | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Kenneth S. Lee | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
Humphrey Hung Fai Lee | Dowling & Partners Securities LLC |
Welcome to the Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Call. My name is Sylvia and I will be your operator for today's call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded.