Mark Bette | Director, IR |
Biff Bowman | CFO |
Aileen Blake | Controller |
Kelly Lernihan | IR |
Brian Bedell | Deutsche Bank |
Alex Blostein | Goldman Sachs |
Brennan Hawken | UBS |
Jeffrey Elliott | Autonomous Research |
Ken Usdin | Jefferies |
Glenn Schorr | Evercore ISI |
Michael Carrier | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Vivek Juneja | JPMorgan |
Mike Mayo | Wells Fargo Securities |
Marty Mosby | Vining Sparks |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Good day, and welcome to the Northern Trust Corporation First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over the Director of Investor Relations, Mark Bette, for opening remarks and introductions. Please go ahead, sir.