Evercore (EVR) 24 Jul 242024 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to the Evercore Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is scheduled to last about 1 hour, including remarks by Evercore management and the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Katy Haber, Managing Director of Investor Relations and ESG at Evercore. Please go ahead.

Thank you, operator. you Financial us Results thank Second for and XXXX Quarter Conference morning, for today joining Evercore's Good Call. I'm Investor Katy Relations of and ESG. Haber, Evercore's Head

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mentioned you velocity, Maybe Tim.

process. of haven't we talk you the elongation about -- talked the could to So

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