Sean McGuckin
Management
Good afternoon and welcome to the presentation of Scotiabank’s Fourth Quarter and 2012 Annual Results. I’m Sean McGuckin, Chief Financial Officer. Rick Waugh, our CEO will lead off with the highlights of our 2012 results. Next I will go over the fourth quarter financial results including a review of business line performance. Bob Pitfield, our Chief Risk Officer will then discuss credit quality and market risk. Bob will be followed by our business line heads will each provide an outlook for the respective businesses for 2013. Anatol von Hahn will discuss Canadian Banking. Dieter Jentsch will cover International Banking. Chris Hodgson will discuss Global Wealth Management. And Steve McDonald will discuss Global Banking and Markets. Brian Porter, our President will then review the financial targets we have set for fiscal 2013, following that we will be pleased to take your questions. Before we start, I would like to refer you to Slide number 2 of our presentation, which contains Scotiabank's caution regarding forward-looking statements. Rick, over to you.