Exhibit 24


LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints John P. Calamos, Sr., James J. Boyne, J. Christopher
Jackson and Gregory J. Nowak as the undersigneds true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described
on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Calamos
Asset Management, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the Company), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges
and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the Exchange Act);

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigneds representative and on the
undersigneds behalf, information on transactions in the Companys securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing, including the power of
substitution and revocation.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorneys-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigneds responsibility to comply with the requirement
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act;
and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for
and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior document executed regarding
the same and shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 30th day of August, 2012.



						       /s/ Gary D. Black