Bradley Ball

Brad Ball

Sector Research
Equity Sector Strategist

Industry: Financial Services

Responsibilities: Banks, Asset Managers, Diversified Financials, and Insurance

Education:  Brad holds an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business and a BA in History from Williams College.

Professional History: Brad has spent nearly 30 years following financial services companies as a sell side equity analyst and previously as a Fed bank regulator. Prior to joining WMR Americas in September 2015, he was the senior specialty, consumer and mortgage finance analyst at Evercore ISI. His sell side experience also included senior analyst roles at Ladenburg Thalmann, Citi, Prudential, and Credit Suisse. Brad began his career as a bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he rose to the level of Senior Examiner and was thrice awarded the FRB-NY’s Presidential Award for Excellence.

Professional Affiliations: Brad is past Secretary and former member of the Bank and Financial Analyst Association of New York. He holds NASD series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.

Media Exposure: Brad has been quoted by several financial/media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The American Banker, Bloomberg and the New York Times. He has received numerous accolades as a stock analyst including rankings in the Institutional Investor Magazine (II) annual All Star Analyst polls and in the WSJ’s Best Stock Picker poll.