Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC) CEO Edward Wehmer on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WTFC) Q3 2020 Results Conference Call October 22, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Edward Wehmer - Founder and CEO
David Dykstra - Vice Chairman and COO
Dave Stoehr - CFO
Kate Boege - General Counsel
Tim Crane - President
Rich Murphy - Vice Chairman, Lending

Conference Call Participants

Jon Arfstrom - RBC Capital Markets
Chris McGratty - KBW
David Long - Raymond James
Brock Vandervliet - UBS
Terry McEvoy - Stephens
Nathan Race - Piper Sandler
David Chiaverini - Wedbush Securities
Michael Young - Truist Securities

Operator

Welcome to Wintrust Financial Corporation’s Third Quarter and Year-to-Date 2020 Earnings Conference Call. Following a review of the results by Edward Wehmer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer; and David Dykstra, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, there will be a formal question-and-answer session.

During the course of today’s call, Wintrust management may make statements that constitute projections, expectations, beliefs or similar forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated or projected in any such forward-looking statements that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the information discussed during this call are detailed in our earnings press release and in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K and any subsequent filings on file with the SEC.

Also, our remarks may reference certain non-GAAP financial measures. Our earnings press release and slide presentation include a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the nearest comparable GAAP financial measure. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

I will now turn the conference call over to Mr. Edward Wehmer. Please go ahead.

Edward Wehmer

Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody, to our third quarter earnings call.

With me, as always, are David Dykstra, our Chief Operating Officer; Dave Stoehr, CFO; Kate Boege, our General Counsel; Tim Crane, President; and Rich Murphy, our Credit Guru.