SEC Form 3
FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL	

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
WALLACE MARK A	

(Last)	
(First)	
(Middle)	

200 CRESCENT COURT	

SUITE 1200	

(Street)
DALLAS	
TX	
75201	

(City)	
(State)	
(Zip)	

	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/06/2012	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC [ WHG ]	 	
 	 	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
 	
Director	
 	
10% Owner	

X	
Officer (give title below)	
 	
Other (specify below)	

Chief Financial Officer	

	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
	 	 	 	
 	 	 	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X	
Form filed by One Reporting Person	

 	
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

	 	 	 	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)	
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)	 	
 	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	 	 	 	 	
Explanation of Responses:	
No securities are beneficially owned.	
 	Julie K. Gerron as attorney-in-fact	11/08/2012	
 	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
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POWER OF ATTORNEY 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes 
and appoints Julie K. Gerron as the undersigned's true and lawful 
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the 
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Westwood Holdings 
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 
(and any successor or superseding forms) in accordance with Section 16(a) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the 
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and to execute 
any such Form 3, 4 or 5 (and any successor or superseding forms) and 
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection 
with the foregoing paragraphs 1 & 2 which, in the opinion of such 
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or 
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the 
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned 
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall 
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve 
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full 
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever 
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of the rights and 
powers herein granted specifically with regard to the acts necessary or 
desirable as referenced in the above paragraphs 1, 2 & 3, as fully to all 
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally 
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and 
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's 
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The 
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving 
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor 
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to 
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until 
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or successor 
or superseding forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and 
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked 
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing 
attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney 
to be executed as of this 7th day of November, 2012.

By:   _____/s/ Mark A. Wallace _______
Name: _____ Mark A. Wallace___________