Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the CIBC first quarter quarterly results conference call. Please be advised that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Jeff Wise, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Jeff. Thank you and good morning. We will begin this morning's call with opening remarks from Harry Cullum, our President and Chief Executive Officer, followed by Rob Sedran, our Chief Financial Officer, and Frank Guse, our Chief Risk Officer. Also on the call today are a number of our group heads, including Christian Exshaw, Capital Markets, Kevin Lee, U.S. Region, Raj Panosian, Personal and Business Banking Canada, and Susan Rimmer, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Canada. They are all available to take questions following the prepared remarks. As noted on slide one of our investor presentation, our comments may contain forward-looking statements which involve assumptions and have inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. I would also remind listeners that the bank uses non-GAAP financial measures to arrive at adjusted results. Management measures performance on a reported and adjusted basis and considers both to be useful in assessing underlying business performance. With that, I will now turn the call over to Harry. Thank you, Jeff, and good morning, everyone. We are pleased to start the fiscal year on strong footing with exceptional first quarter results. Our performance was driven by our team's collective focus on accelerating our proven client focus strategy and unlocking further value through disciplined execution. Before I comment on our quarter one results, I want to offer some perspective on how our clients are managing through today's dynamic environment. We are stayin...