joining us for an exclusive interview, jeffrey solomon, president of td cowen. congratulations. sonali: jeffjoining us. after this deal has closed it is an interesting environment. i'm wondering, now that you are part of another large bank, what are the expansion plans for your part of the firm? jeff: well, it is legal day two. i like to remind everybody it is a marathon, not a sprint. first and foremost, it is business as usual. businesses are like jigsaw puzzles. they fit neatly together. not a lot of business overlap, but a lot of opportunity to cross-sell, and cross-pollinate. first things first, do no harm. make sure that the businesses as they exist continue to do the great things they have been doing. then look for pockets of opportunity where we can work together to maybe solve problems that either of us could solve on our own for clients. look at markets neither of us could go after on our own that maybe we can go after together. we will be making some decisions as we head into the end of 2023, our fiscal 2023 now is october. kriti: -- sonali: given it is such a volatile market, how