Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the RBC's 2026 Second Quarter Results Conference Call. Please be advised that this call is being recorded. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers are marked, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star one again. Thank you. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Asim Imran. Please go ahead. Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Speaking today will be Dave McKay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Gibson, Chief Financial Officer, and Graham Hepworth, Chief Risk Officer. Also joining us today for your questions, Eric Nielsen, Group Head Personal Banking, Shana Madagougie, Group Head Commercial Banking, and Neil McLaughlin, Group Head Wealth Management, and Derek Nelner, Group Head Capital Markets. As noted on slide two, our comments may contain forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and have inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially. I would also remind listeners that the bank assesses its performance on a reported and adjusted basis and considers both to be useful in assessing underlying business performance. To give everyone a chance to ask questions, we ask that you limit your questions and then re-queue. With that, I'll turn it over to Dave. Thanks, Awesome, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, we reported earnings of $5.5 billion and adjusted earnings of $5.6 billion, our second highest quarterly performance on record. As you'll see on slide four, pre-provision, pre-tax earnings were up 15% from las...