Fiera Capital Corporation (FSZ) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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... ... Thank you. Good morning and welcome to FIERA Capital's earnings call to discuss financial results for the first quarter of 2026 I will now turn the conference over to Nathalie Medac, Director, Investor Relations. You may begin your conference. Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to the FIERA Capital Conference Call to discuss our financial and operating results for the first quarter. A copy of today's presentation can be found in the Investor Relations section of our website. Comments made on today's call, including replies to certain questions, may deal with forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties, that may cause actual results to differ from expectations. Please refer to the forward-looking statements on page two of the presentation. Our speakers today are Maxime Menard, Global President and CEO, and Lucas Pontillo, Executive Director, Global CFO, and Head of Corporate Strategy. Also available to answer questions will be John Valentini, President and CEO, Private Markets. I will now turn the call over to Maxime. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. Before we begin, I would like to briefly acknowledge my return following a period of medical leave. I want to thank Gabriel Castiglio for his leadership during my absence and to recognize the management team and colleagues across the firm for their professionalism and continued focus. I am excited to be back and I'm eager to continue to expand on the momentum we have built in the recent months. With that, let me turn to our first quarter results. Our results reflect resilience in an unpredictable market and macroeconomic environment. Our private markets platform delivered AUM growth for the quarter, highlighting the benefit of private investment strategies d...