VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES Policies (Policies)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]
Consolidation, Variable Interest Entity, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Based on our analyses of our investments in these entities for the periods ending March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we have not consolidated the CTFs or Private Funds under the VIE method or the UCITS Fund, Westwood Funds® or Private Equity under the VOE method.

Disclosure of accounting policy for consolidation to describe the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest held by the entity requires the variable interest entity to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the variable interest entity; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; and the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities that significantly impact the economic performance of the variable interest entity are shared (as defined).

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