Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 7, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Hung Ko - Vice President of Investor Relations
Roy Gori - President & Chief Executive Officer
Colin Simpson - Chief Financial Officer
Trevor Kreel - Chief Investment Officer
Steve Finch - Chief Actuary
Marc Costantini - Global Head of Inforce Management
Phil Witherington - President & Chief Executive Officer, Manulife Asia

Conference Call Participants

Meny Grauman - Scotiabank
Tom Gallagher - Evercore ISI
Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial
Alex Scott - Barclays Capital
Paul Holden - CIBC
Mario Mendonca - TD Securities
Lemar Persaud - Cormark Securities
Doug Young - Desjardins Capital Markets
Tom MacKinnon - BMO Capital Markets

Operator

Please standby, your meeting is about to begin. Please be advised that this conference call is being recorded. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Manulife Financial Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call.

I would now like to turn the meeting over to Mr. Ko. Please go ahead, sir.

Hung Ko

Thank you. Welcome to Manulife's earnings conference call to discuss our third quarter and year-to-date 2024 financial and operating results. Our earnings materials, including the webcast live for today's call, are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at manulife.com.

Before we start, please refer to Slide 2 for a caution on forward-looking statements and Slide 34 where notes on the non-GAAP and other financial measures used in this presentation. Note that certain material factors or assumptions apply in making forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially from what is stated.

Turning to Slide 4. Roy Gori, our President and Chief Executive Officer, will begin the presentation with a highlight of our third quarter and year-to-date 2024's results and a strategic update. Following Roy's remarks, Colin Simpson, our Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the company's financial and operating results in more detail. After their prepared remarks, we will move to the live Q&A portion of the call.

With that, I would like to turn the call over to Roy Gori, our President and Chief Executive Officer. Roy?

Roy Gori

Thanks, Hung and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Yesterday, we announced our third quarter 2024 financial results. These strong results are a testament to the benefits of our unique business mix and geographic footprint and the tremendous momentum that we have in the franchise. We are executing on our strategy and delivering strong financial performance while making great progress towards our goal of being the digital customer leader in our industry.