Jason Frank | Deputy General Counsel & Secretary |
Laurence Penn | CEO, President & Director |
JR Herlihy | CFO |
Mark Tecotzky | Co-CIO |
Douglas Harter | Crédit Suisse |
Crispin Love | Piper Sandler & Co. |
Eric Hagen | KBW |
Timothy Hayes | B. Riley FBR, Inc. |
Trevor Cranston | JMP Securities |
Matthew Howlett | Nomura Securities |
Leon Cooperman | Omega Advisors |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Ellington Financial Fourth Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions].
It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Jason Frank, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary.