Weston Tucker | Head, IR |
Steve Schwarzman | Chairman and CEO |
Jon Gray | President and COO |
Tony James | Executive Vice Chairman |
Michael Chae | CFO |
Joan Solotar | Head, Private Wealth Solutions and External Relations |
Ken Worthington | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Bill Katz | Citigroup |
Rob Lee | KBW |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Patrick Davitt | Autonomous |
Craig Siegenthaler | Crédit Suisse |
Glenn Schorr | Evercore ISI |
Gerry O’Hara | Jeffries |
Brian Bedell | Deutsche Bank |
Mike Cyprys | Morgan Stanley |
Chris Shutler | William Blair |
Brian McKenna | JMP Securities |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Blackstone Second Quarter 2018 Investor Call. My name is Joyce, and I’ll be the moderator for today. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would like to turn the conference over to your host for today Weston Tucker, Head of Investor Relations.