Starwood Property Trust Inc.

Greetings and welcome to the Starwood Property Trust third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are on a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to your host, Zach Tannenbaum, head of investor relations.

Zach, you may begin. Thank you, Operator. Good morning and welcome to Starwood Property Trust's earnings call.

This morning, the company released its financial results for the quarter ended September 30th, 2024, filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and posted its earnings supplements to its website. These documents are available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.starwoodpropertytrust.com. Before the call begins, I would like to remind everyone that certain statements made in the course of this call are not based on historical information and may constitute forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. I refer you to the company's filings made with the SEC for a more detailed discussion of the risks and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied any forward-looking statements made today. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements that may be made during the course of this call. Additionally, certain non-GAAP financial measures will be discussed on this conference call. Our presentation of this information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures So the most comparable measures prepared in accordance with GAAP can be accessed through our filings with the SEC at www.sec.gov. Joining me on the call today are Barry Sternlich, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jeff DeModica, the company's President, and Rena Paneri, the company's Chief Financial Officer. With that, I'm now going to turn the call over to Rena.