Bradley Ziff is a world class expert in counterparty and credit risk, the LIBOR transition and issues surrounding central clearing as a risk mitigant. Over the past thirty years, Brad has led multiple global benchmarking projects focusing on different aspects of capital and financial markets. Most recently, from 2019-2021, Brad led multiple benchmarking reports on the Transition from LIBOR/IBORS to Alternative Reference Rates. In 2022, Brad completed work on Department of Treasury RFI on Post Trade Transparency on Treasury Securities. In March and October of 2023, Brad was responsible for two highly influential reports on Central Clearing in response to a proposed rulemaking from the SEC which were shared across the industry and among numerous regulatory bodies.
Mr. Ziff’s practice expertise included serving as the CEO of ISDA for five years which included major regulatory, legal and operational enhancements including recognition of swaps under the Bankruptcy Code Amendments of 1991; passage of the Futures Trading and Practices legislation and substantial buildouts of the ISDA Master Agreement.
After this, Mr. Ziff spent seven years at Arthur Andersen as their head of strategy for Derivatives and lead major studies and reports on counterparty risk management and global best practices for the industry.
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. He directed the firms’ efforts on Alternative and Institutional Investor practices with dozens of engagements on strategy, prime finance/prime brokerage and risk strategies. Brad has 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 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 (now Finastra) meeting with hundreds of clients worldwide on key risk and capital markets issues facing the industry. Bradley currently serves as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Regulatory Intelligence group.
EXPERTISE
ISDA
Counterparty Risk and Central Clearing
LIBOR Transition
EDUCATION
Georgetown University
B.A., Government, Philosophy
1971-1975
American University
School of Criminal Justice
1979-1981
WORK HISTORY
SEDA Experts
Managing Director
2023-Current
Regulatory Intelligence Group
Senior Policy Advisor
2023-Current
Sia Partners
Operating Partner
2017-2023
FTI Consulting
Managing Director
2016-2017
Misys Global Banking
Senior Risk Advisor
2013-2015
Oliver Wyman
Partner
2000-2013
Arthur Andersen
Principal
1993-2000
ISDA
Chief Executive
1988-1993
Georgetown University
Instructor, Speech Communications and International Relations
1981-1983
Stanford University
Instructor, Speech Communications
1975-1976
Counterparty Risk and Libor Transition Expert Witness
Contact
Bradley Ziff
1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
+1 646-626-4555