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Revenue (Notes)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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Advisory Fee Revenues
Our advisory fees are generated by Westwood Management for managing client accounts under investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements. Advisory fees are typically calculated based on a percentage of AUM and AUA and are paid in accordance with the terms of the agreements. Advisory fees are paid quarterly in advance based on AUM on the last day of the preceding quarter, quarterly in arrears based on AUM on the last day of the quarter just ended or are based on a daily or monthly analysis of AUM for the stated period. We recognize advisory fee revenues as services are rendered. Since our advance paying clients' billing periods coincide with the calendar quarter to which such payments relate, revenue is recognized within the quarter and our Consolidated Financial Statements contain no deferred advisory fee revenues. Advisory clients typically consist of institutional and mutual fund accounts.
Institutional investors include separate accounts of (i) corporate pension and profit sharing plans, public employee retirement funds, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations and individuals; (ii) sub-advisory relationships where Westwood provides investment management services for funds offered by other financial institutions; (iii) pooled investment vehicles, including collective investment trusts; and (iv) managed account relationships with brokerage firms and other registered investment advisors that offer Westwood products to their customers.
Mutual funds include the Westwood Funds®, a family of mutual funds for which Westwood Management serves as advisor. These funds are available to individual investors, as well as offered as part of our suite of investment strategies for institutional investors and wealth management accounts.
Arrangements with Performance-Based Obligations
A limited number of our advisory clients have a contractual performance-based fee component in their contracts, which generates additional revenues if we outperform a specified index over a specific period of time, and a limited number of our mutual fund offerings have fees that generate additional revenues if we outperform specified indices over specific periods of time. Performance-based fees are paid after the performance obligation has been satisfied.
The revenue is based on future market performance and is subject to many factors outside our control. We cannot conclude that a significant reversal in the cumulative amount of revenue recognized will not occur during the measurement period, and therefore the revenue is recorded at the end of the measurement period when the performance obligation has been satisfied.
Trust Fee Revenues
Our trust fees are generated by Westwood Trust pursuant to trust or custodial agreements. Trust fees are separately negotiated with each client and are generally based on a percentage of AUM. Westwood Trust also provides trust services to a small number of clients on a fixed fee basis. The fees for most of our trust clients are calculated quarterly in arrears, based on a daily average of AUM for the quarter, or monthly, based on the month-end value of AUM, and are paid monthly and quarterly in arrears. Since billing periods for most of Westwood Trust’s clients coincide with the calendar quarter, revenue is fully recognized within the quarter and our Consolidated Financial Statements contain no deferred fee revenues.
Revenue Disaggregated
Sales taxes are excluded from revenues. The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by account type (in thousands).
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Advisory Fees:
Institutional$39,967 $37,738 $26,653 
Mutual Funds28,980 29,745 20,245 
Wealth Management2,201 1,172 805 
Trust Fees21,904 20,592 21,686 
Other1,669 534 (708)
Total revenues$94,721 $89,781 $68,681 

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by our clients' geographical locations (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, 2024AdvisoryTrustPerformance-basedOtherTotal
Canada$1,017 $— $— $— $1,017 
U.S.68,738 21,422 1,875 1,669 93,704 
Total$69,755 $21,422 $1,875 $1,669 $94,721 
Year Ended December 31, 2023AdvisoryTrustPerformance-basedOtherTotal
Canada$1,105 $— $— $— $1,105 
U.S.66,286 20,242 1,614 534 88,676 
Total$67,391 $20,242 $1,614 $534 $89,781 
Year Ended December 31, 2022AdvisoryTrustPerformance-basedOtherTotal
Canada$1,171 $— $— $— $1,171 
U.S.45,514 21,686 1,018 (708)67,510 
Total$46,685 $21,686 $1,018 $(708)$68,681