EQB Inc. (EQB) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to EQB's earnings call for the second quarter of 2026. This call is being recorded on Thursday, May 28, 2026. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Limar Persaud, Vice President and Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everyone. Your hosts for today's Q2 results call are Chadwick Westlake, President and CEO, Annalisa Sinani, CFO, and Marlene Lenarduzzi, CRO. Also present for the Q&A session is Darren Lorimer, EVP Commercial Banking, and Daniel Rattazzi, EVP Personal Banking. After prepared remarks, we will open the lines for questions from our pre-qualified analysts. We encourage you to also log into our webcast and view our quarterly presentation, which will be referenced during the prepared remarks. On slide two of our presentation, you will find EQB's caution regarding forward-looking statements, which involves assumptions that have inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. I would remind listeners that all figures referenced today are on an adjusted basis where applicable, unless otherwise noted. With that, I will now turn the call over to Chadwick. Thanks, Lamar, and good morning. Before getting into my formal remarks, I want to start with spotlighting talent. I'm excited to welcome Daniel Rotazzi to his first call with us as our head of personal banking. He joined in April from CIBC to drive our integrated personal business, including PC Financial. It's early days, but he is already making his mark. A generational talent in banking for the generational change EQB is embarking on for our industry. And in a matter of weeks, when we close on PC Financial, we're very excited to welcome many new world-class leaders. We'll speak more about some of them later in Q3. Our team ...