Carl Drake | IR |
Mike Arougheti | CEO |
Mike McFerran | COO and CFO |
Chris Harris | Wells Fargo |
Craig Siegenthaler | Credit Suisse |
Michael Cyprys | Morgan Stanley |
Ken Worthington | JPMorgan |
Robert Lee | KBW |
Kenneth Lee | RBC Capital Markets |
Doug Mewhirter | SunTrust |
Kaimon Chung | Evercore ISI |
Welcome to Ares Management L.P.'s Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2017 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded on Thursday, February 15, 2018. I will now turn the conference over to Carl Drake, Head of Public Investor Relations for Ares Management.
Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for our fourth quarter and full-year 2017 conference call. I'm joined today by Michael Arougheti, our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer; and Michael McFerran, our newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, and who continues to serve as our Chief Financial Officer.