Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (VRTS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. My name is Jacinda, and I will be your conference operator today. I would like to welcome everyone to the Virtus Investment Partners quarterly conference call. The slide presentation for this call is available in the investor relations section of the Virtus website at www.Virtus.com. This call is being recorded and will be available for replay on the Virtus website. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer period, and instructions will follow at that time. I will now turn the conference to your host, Sean Rourke. Thanks, Jacinda. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Vertis Investment Partners' discussion of our second quarter of 2026 Financial and Operating Results. Joining me today are George Aylward, our President and CEO, and Mike Angerthal, our Chief Financial Officer. After their prepared remarks, we will open the call for questions. Before we begin, I'll refer you to the disclosures on slide two. Today's comments may include forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties described in our news release and SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially. We will also reference certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are available in today's news release and financial supplement on our website. Now I'd like to turn the call over to George. George? Thank you, Sean, and good morning, everyone. I will start with an overview of the results we reported this morning, and then Mike will provide more detail. While our results continue to reflect the challenging environment for quality-oriented equity strategies, there were several positive underlying trends during the quarter, which included a meaning...