Laurent Ferreira
President and Chief Executive Officer
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National Bank of Canada (NA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call
National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-05-27. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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Marie-Chantal Gingras
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Jean-Sébastien Griset
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Julie Lévesque
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Judith Ménard
Head, Commercial and Private Banking
Bill Bonner
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Etienne Dubuc
Head, Capital Markets
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.618 Good morning and welcome to National Bank of Canada's Second Quarter Results Conference 00:00:04.618 -- 00:00:08.764 Call. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Marianne Rossi. 00:00:08.764 -- 00:00:11.307 Please go ahead, Marianne. 00:00:11.307 -- 00:00:16.815 Thank you and welcome everyone. We will begin the call with remarks from Laurent Ferreira, 00:00:16.815 -- 00:00:21.963 President and CEO, Marie-Chantal Gingras, CFO, and Jean-Sebastien 00:00:21.963 -- 00:00:25.004 Griset, Chief Risk Officer. 00:00:25.158 -- 00:00:30.084 Our business heads are also present for the Q&A session, including Julie Lévesque, Personal 00:00:30.084 -- 00:00:35.912 Banking, Judith Ménard, Commercial and Private Banking, Nancy Paquette, 00:00:35.912 -- 00:00:42.779 Wealth Management, Etienne Dubuc, Capital Markets, and Bill Bonner, International. 00:00:43.322 -- 00:00:48.068 Before we begin, please refer to slide 2 of our presentation for forward-looking statements 00:00:48.068 -- 00:00:53.626 and non-GAAP measures. Management will refer to adjusted results unless otherwise noted. 00:00:53.626 -- 00:00:55.708 I will now pass the call to Laurent. 00:00:55.708 -- 00:00:59.152 Merci, Marianne, and thank you, everyone, for joining us. 00:00:59.152 -- 00:01:03.977 In the second quarter, we delivered EPS of $3.23, up 13% year 00:01:03.977 -- 00:01:06.340 over year. 00:01:06.340 -- 00:01:09.803 We generated a return on equity of 16.8%, 00:01:09.803 -- 00:01:11.705 while maintaining 00:01:11.705 -- 00:01:16.548 a strong CET1 ratio of 13.54%. Despite 00:01:17.011 -- 00:01:21.656 macroeconomic uncertainty, clients remained active throughout the quarter, and market 00:01:21.656 -- 00:01:26.697 conditions were favourable. This was reflected in strong growt...