Sean O’Connor | President, Chief Executive Officer |
Bill Dunaway | Chief Financial Officer |
Dan Fannon | Jefferies |
Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the StoneX Group Inc. Q4 fiscal year 2021 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question and answer session. during on you your question press need a one star, telephone. ask this will session, to To Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded.
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