Voya Financial, Inc. (VOYA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Welcome to Voya Financial's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, press star two. Participants are limited to one question and one follow-up. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to May Nechu, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good morning, and thank you for joining our second quarter earnings conference call. We will begin with prepared remarks by Heather Lavallee, our Chief Executive Officer, and Mike Katz, our Chief Financial Officer. Following their prepared remarks, we will take your questions. Also joining the call are Jay Kaduson, CEO of Workplace Solutions, and Matt Toms, our CEO of Investment Management. As a reminder, materials for today's call are available on our website at investors.boyer.com. As noted on slide two of our analyst presentation, some of the comments during today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements and refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of federal securities law. Gap reconciliations are available in our press release and financial supplement found in our investor relations website. And now I will turn the call over to Heather. Thank you, Maynee. Good morning and thank you for joining us today. Let's turn to slide four. Our businesses performed well in the second quarter. Strong underlying results were affected by lower alternative investment performance and by severance costs we incurred to reduc...