Operator Good morning. My name is Carmen, and I will be your conference operator today. I would like to welcome everyone to the Virtus Investment Partners quarterly conference call. The slide presentation for this call is available in the Investor Relations section of the Virtus website, www.virtus.com. [Operator Instructions] [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the conference over to your host, Sean Rourke. Sean P. Rourke -- Vice President of Investor Relations Thank you, Carmen, and good morning, everyone. On behalf of Virtus Investment Partners, I would like to welcome you to the discussion of our operating and financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Our speakers today are George Aylward, President and Chief Executive Officer of Virtus; and Mike Angerthal, Chief Financial Officer. Following the prepared remarks, we will have a QandA period.