DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE: WHG), a Dallas-based investment
management firm, tops the list for the 2014 Best Places to Work in Money
Management by Pensions & Investments magazine today. Westwood
was ranked first out of five asset managers in the "100 to 499
employees" category for their vibrant company culture, promotion of a
healthy work-life balance, emphasis on community service and other
special benefits for employees.
Westwood's Annual Habitat for Humanity Build; Employees volunteer every year to build a home for Habitat for Humanity, just one of the many organizations we serve. (Photo: Business Wire)
"Serving our clients and our community have always been our top
priorities," said Brian O. Casey, CEO of Westwood Holdings. "Everyone at
Westwood is a shareholder because we believe that owners work harder for
clients than employees do. We provide numerous ways to support our
community, some of which include building homes with Habitat for
Humanity, volunteering at North Texas Food Bank, working with the
Nebraska chapter of TeamMates Mentoring Program and making a monetary
donation to the Massey Centre in Toronto. We also look for ways to
regularly recognize our employees through a program called "You've Been
Spotted," which allows anyone in the company to nominate a colleague
that they feel has gone above and beyond to help a client or the
company. We try to be innovative in other incentives for our team such
as quarterly events, early leave Fridays in the summer months, and
regular meals for our staff. We treat everyone with respect, always look
for ways to improve the company and ourselves, have some fun and
celebrate long careers!"
"Our vision has continuously been to create an investment management
company that would always put our clients first. In order to achieve
this we've focused on providing our employees with an environment that
ensures they come in every day ready to give their best. We measure our
success not only based on our long-standing client relationships but
also on the long tenure of our team members," said Susan M. Byrne,
Founder and Chairman of the Board.
The selection criterion was based on anonymous employee surveys, which
made up 60% of the overall score with the remaining 40% coming from a
corporate application. Topics that were evaluated included employee
benefits, culture, office space and other unique characteristics of
Westwood.
Learn more about Westwood's winning culture at http://westwoodgroup.com/our-firm/
About Westwood
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. provides investment management services to
institutional investors, private wealth clients and financial
intermediaries and manages $19.8 billion in assets*. The firm
manages a range of investment strategies including U.S. equities, Global
and Emerging Markets equities, Global Convertible securities, and
Specialized/Income-oriented portfolios. Access to these strategies is
available through separate accounts, commingled funds, the Westwood Funds®
family of mutual funds and UCITS funds. Westwood benefits from
significant, broad-based employee ownership and trades on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "WHG." Based in Dallas, TX, Westwood
also maintains offices in Toronto, Canada, Boston, MA, and Omaha, NE.
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*As of September 30, 2014
(WHG-G)
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Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.
Jamie Christensen, 214-756-6900
jchristensen@westwoodgroup.com
Source: Westwood Holdings Group
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