Bradley Ziff

Professional Background & Achievements:

Bradley Ziff works as an Operating Partner at Sia Partners North America. Brad’s focus is on financial risk management, banking, and regulatory issues. Mr. Ziff has led several global Sia benchmarking projects, most recently leading an industry study on the SEC’s proposal for Central Clearing of U.S. Treasury & Repo products as well as an industry study on the proposal for Additional Transparency in the U.S. Treasury markets. In addition, Mr. Ziff has led benchmarking studies on the Transition from LIBOR/IBORS to Alternative Reference Rates, including serving as the lead subject matter expert on a large global bank’s response to a NY DFS request for LIBOR transition initiatives. Mr. Ziff also co-lead Sia Partner’s Climate Risk global benchmark project in 2022.  Prior to joining Sia in the fall of 2017, Mr. Ziff worked as Managing Director within FTI Consulting’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment in New York and was the global strategic practices lead, focusing on risk and capital markets at Misys/Finastra, meeting with hundreds of clients worldwide on key issues facing the industry.

Mr. Ziff’s practice expertise includes directing the efforts on Alternative and Institutional Investor practices with dozens of engagements on strategy, prime finance/prime brokerage, and risk strategies. Brad worked on behalf of all the top 25 global banks in enhancing their sales, distribution, operational, business strategies in building out their broader business initiatives in funding, balance sheet, equity, and fixed income prime finance offerings. Those projects included multiple additional benchmarking and best practice initiatives across legal and credit risk, policies and procedures, controls and developing prime finance strategies for numerous niche players for participants in North America, Europe/UK, APAC, Australia, and emerging markets.

Mr. Ziff was a Partner at Oliver Wyman Financial Services from 2001 through 2013 in their Finance and Risk and Corporate and Institutional Banking Practices. Mr. Ziff provided global insight related to critical risk management issues facing participants in financial markets and business development efforts. He also reviewed market best practices, topics related to Basel and Solvency II, Dodd Frank, Volcker Rule, European Market Infrastructure Regulation and numerous investor and other regulatory challenges. Mr. Ziff also served as the Senior Risk Advisor at Misys Global meeting with hundreds of clients worldwide on key risk and capital markets issues facing the industry.

Mr. Ziff has led numerous risk and strategic projects incorporating global and regional banks, hedge funds, asset managers, foundations, real estate investment trusts, sovereign wealth funds and government entities. This work centered on identifying opportunities for growth, derivatives clearing, improvements for managing risk and return, strategy, organizational optimization, and compensation. Mr. Ziff has also assisted dozens of major financial institution clients worldwide focusing on every major asset class on strategic and risk issues. His work has included general strategy, cost effectiveness, coverage models, sales and research, emerging markets, capital raising and investment strategies. His global work included industry development for due diligence, risk evaluation scoring models and various compliance and regulatory requirements and numerous fraud related issues. Mr. Ziff was a Principal at Arthur Andersen’s Global Financial Markets practice where he directed and coordinated the firm’s worldwide initiatives in derivatives and treasury risk management, advised clients on risk management issues, industry developments and regulatory changes affecting the markets.

Education:

B.A. in Government & Philosophy from Georgetown University.