East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) Q2 2022 Results Conference Call July 21, 2022 11:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Julianna Balicka - Director of Investor Relations

Dominic Ng - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Irene Oh - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Ebrahim Poonawala - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Brandon King - Truist

Chris McGratty - KBW

Jared Shaw - Wells Fargo

Clark Wright - D.A. Davidson

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the East West Bancorp Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. All participants will be in a listen -only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Julianna Balicka. Please go ahead.

Julianna Balicka

Thank you, Sarah. Good morning, and thank you, everyone, for joining us to review the financial results of East West Bancorp for the second quarter of 2022. With me on this conference call today are Dominic Ng, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Irene Oh, our Chief Financial Officer.

We would like to caution you that during the course of the call, management may make projections or other forward-looking statements regarding events or future financial performance of the Company within the meaning of the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

These forward-looking statements may differ materially from the actual results due to a number of risks and uncertainties. For a more detailed description of risk factors that could affect the Company's operating results, please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

In addition, some of the numbers referenced on this call pertain to adjusted numbers. Please refer to the bank's regulatory filings, including our Form 8-K filed today for the reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures.

During the course of the call, we will be referencing a slide deck that is available as part of the webcast and on the Investor Relations site. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded and will also be available in replay format on our Investor Relations website.

I will now turn the call over to Dominic.

Dominic Ng

Thank you, Julianna. Good morning, and thank you everyone, for joining us for our earnings call. I will begin the review of our financial results on Slide 3 of our presentation.