Ron Kruszewski | Chairman and CEO |
Jim Zemlyak | Co-President |
Jim Marischen | CFO |
Devin Ryan | JMP Securities |
Sharon Leung | Wolfe Research |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Chris Harris | Wells Fargo |
I would like to welcome everyone to the Stifel Financial Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, I’d like to remind everyone that today’s call may include forward-looking statements. These statements represent the firm’s beliefs regarding the future events that, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of the firm’s control. The firm’s actual results and financial condition may differ possibly materially from what is indicated in these forward-looking statements.
For a discussion of some of the risks and factors that could affect the firm’s future results, please see the description of risk factors in the current Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 2017.