Regulatory Capital Requirements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Banking and Thrift [Abstract]

REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS:

Westwood Trust must maintain cash and investments in an amount equal to the required minimum restricted capital of $4.0 million as required by the Texas Finance Code. Restricted capital is included in Investments in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2017, Westwood Trust had approximately $16.8 million in excess of its minimum capital requirement.

Westwood Trust is limited under applicable Texas law in the payment of dividends of undivided profits, which is that part of equity capital equal to the balance of net profits, income, gains and losses since formation minus subsequent distributions to stockholders and transfers to surplus or capital under share dividends or appropriate Board resolutions. At the discretion of its Board of Directors, Westwood Trust may make quarterly and special dividend payments to us out of its undivided profits. No dividend payments were made to us in 2017, 2016 or 2015.

Westwood International Advisors is subject to the working capital requirements of the Ontario Securities Commission, which requires that combined cash and receivables exceed current liabilities by at least $100,000 CDN. At December 31, 2017 Westwood International Advisors had combined cash and receivables that were $46.8 million CDN (or $37.2 million in U.S. dollars using the exchange rate on December 31, 2017) in excess of its current liabilities, which satisfies this requirement.