Experience Makes all the difference

An industry veteran since 1992, Jason is the senior member and founder of Katz Wealth Management.  Jason is a UBS Managing Director, a title reserved for a handful of  business leaders around the globe.

As a Senior Portfolio Manager, Jason oversees several customized equity, exchange traded fund, and institutional mutual fund models. He also has extensive experience in selecting and monitoring top institutional money managers, mutual funds, hedge funds and private equity funds for clients, and holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst® designation, administered by Investment Management Consultants Association® and taught in conjunction with The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  Lastly, as one of UBS’s elite Private Wealth Advisors, Jason has completed comprehensive training in financial planning, asset management and wealth transfer strategies.

Jason has received numerous accolades from prominent publications, including Barron’s Top 100 Advisors in New York; Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors; Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors; The Financial Times 400 Top Financial Advisers; and Forbes America’s Top 100 Wealth Advisors; and Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors. Jason is also a frequent media contributor on a variety of subjects regarding personal wealth management, financial markets, and portfolio strategies. He has been a featured guest speaker on CNBC, Fox Business Network and On Wall Street TV and interviews with him have appeared in numerous print and online publications, including Bloomberg, CBS News Money Watch, The Financial Times, Investment News, MarketWatch, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

From 2013 – 2015, Jason was a member of the UBS Financial Advisor Advisory Council, a select group chosen to represent the entire population of UBS Financial Advisors in order to shape the firm’s wealth management strategies. He is a UBS Pinnacle Council member, a designation reserved for the firm’s most accomplished Advisors, and has completed both the UBS Wealth Management Education and Portfolio Management programs and maintains his Series 7 (General Securities Representative), Series 31 (Futures Managed Funds), Series 63 (Uniform Securities Agent State Law) and Series 65 (Uniform Investment Adviser Law) securities licenses as well as the New York State life and health insurance licenses.

Jason grew up on Long Island and received his B.A. in finance from Boston University. He now lives in Roslyn with his wife, Amy, and their three children: Brittney, Amanda and Benjamin. He is actively involved in his community’s youth and young adult basketball programs through coaching and sponsoring, and chairs his town’s Alley-Oop for Autism fundraiser along with the Jewish Community Center’s Special Needs Basketball Program. Jason also participates in UBS Community Corps, which enables employees to serve their communities in ways that are meaningful to them. Additionally, Jason serves as a manager for the UBS Graduate Talent Analyst Program, which gives recent college graduates exposure to multiple areas of the firm and its leaders. Lastly, Jason mentors and offers career guidance to military veterans through American Corporate Partners, and was also a volunteer consultant for the Clinton Global Initiative Small Business Advisory Program providing a New York City based small business with strategies for long-term success.

 

Accomplishments

  • Certified Investment Management Analyst - CIMA®

Education

  • B.S., Finance, Boston University

Licenses

  • Series 7, General Securities Representative
  • Series 31, Managed Futures Representative
  • Series 63, Uniform Securities State Agent
  • Series 65, Investment Advisor Representative
  • Life and Health Insurance Licensed: CO, CT, DC, FL, LA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, TX

Personal & Community

  • Participant in the Clinton Global Initiative Small Business Advisory Program
  • Commissioner and Head Coach for the Roslyn youth and young adult Travel Basketball and Scholarship Program
  • Chairman of the Jewish Community Center Special Needs Basketball Clinic
  • Mentor for the American Corporate Partners Veteran Program
  • Head Coach for Roslyn Basketball Booster
  • Lead Sponsor for the North Shore Autism Tennis Clinic
  • Town Chair of the Alley Oop for Autism Fundraiser

Registered States:

AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI