Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (NYSE:BCSF) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 28, 2024 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Katherine Schneider - Director, Investor Relations

Michael Ewald - Chief Executive Officer

Mike Boyle - President

Amit Joshi - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Paul Johnson - KBW

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Bain Capital, sorry, Bain Capital Specialty Finance Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the conference over to Katherine Schneider, Director in Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Katherine Schneider

Thank you, Jenny. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to the Bain Capital Specialty Finance Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2023 conference call. Yesterday after market closed, we issued our earnings press release and investor presentation of our quarterly and year-end results, a copy of which are available on Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Investor Relations website. Following our remarks today, we will hold a question-and-answer session for analysts and investors.

This call is being webcast and a replay will be available on our website. This call and the webcast are property of Bain Capital specialty finance and any unauthorized broadcast in any form is strictly prohibited.

Any forward-looking statements made today do not guarantee future performance and actual results may differ materially. These statements are based on current management expectations, which include risks and uncertainties which are identified in the Risk Factors section of our Form 10-K that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated.

Bain Capital Specialty Finance assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements at this time unless required to do so by law. Lastly, past performance does not guarantee future results.

So with that, I'd like to turn the call over to our CEO, Michael Ewald.

Michael Ewald

Thanks, Katherine, and good morning to everyone, and thank you for joining us on our earnings call. I'm joined here today by Mike Boyle, our President and our Chief Financial Officer, Amit Joshi.

Before we begin, I would like to welcome Amit, for those who may not have seen our announcement, Amit has been appointed as our new Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2024. He brings a wealth of accounting knowledge, specifically within the private credit and BDC landscapes and has over two decades of finance and accounting experience. We're excited to have him join our management team.