Westwood Acquires Salient Partners’ Asset Management Business

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG, “Westwood”), a Dallas-based investment management boutique and wealth management firm, has acquired the asset management business of Salient Partners, L.P. (“Salient”), a Houston-based asset management firm. As a result, Westwood has also acquired a significant minority stake, previously owned by Salient, in Broadmark Asset Management LLC (“Broadmark”). Broadmark is a San Francisco-based asset manager offering hedged equity strategies and serves as sub-adviser to a pair of seasoned mutual funds and separately managed accounts now offered by Westwood.