Carl Drake | Head of Public Company Investor Relations |
Michael Arougheti | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael McFerran | Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer |
David Kaplan | Co-Head of Private Equity Group |
Michael Carrier | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Chris Harris | Wells Fargo |
Gerry O'Hara | Jefferies |
Craig Siegenthaler | Credit Suisse |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Kenneth Lee | RBC Capital |
Michael Cyprys | Morgan Stanley |
Robert Lee | KBW |
Welcome to the Ares Management Corporation First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded on Thursday, May 2, 2019. I will now turn the call over to Carl Drake, Head of Public Company Investor Relations for Ares Management. Please go ahead.