Westwood Income Opportunity Fund Institutional Class
WHGIX
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Income
- Address
- 225 Pictoria Drive Cincinnati OH United States of America 45246
- IPO Date
- Dec 20, 2005
- CIK
- 0001545440
- Website
- westwoodgroup.com
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- Westwood Income Opportunity Fund Institutional Class (WHGIX) is a mutual fund managed by Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. that seeks current income and, secondarily, long-term capital appreciation through a flexible, bottom-up multi-asset investment strategy emphasizing low volatility. The fund invests across a diversified spectrum of global income-producing securities, including equities, fixed income instruments, real estate investment trusts (REITs), master limited partnerships (MLPs), high-yield bonds, and other alternatives; it employs tactical asset allocation with overweight positions in equities and underweights in fixed income as market conditions warrant, targeting a blended benchmark of 40% S&P 500 Index and 60% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Westwood Holdings Group, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Houston, serves institutional investors, private wealth clients, financial intermediaries, high-net-worth individuals, endowments, and foundations through its advisory, trust, and pooled vehicle platforms, including the Westwood Funds family of mutual funds. The WHGIX share class, with a net expense ratio of 0.84%, inception date of December 19, 2005, and assets under management approximating $549 million as of recent data, features portfolio managers P. Adrian Helfert (since March 2019), Scott Barnard (since December 2020), and Ben Chittenden (since November 2024). In recent developments, Westwood Holdings Group completed the acquisition of Salient Partners' asset management business around early 2023, enhancing its capabilities in energy, real estate income strategies, and alternatives, which has broadened product reach and improved average fee rates. The firm launched the Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity ETF (YLDW) in December 2025, extending the Income Opportunity strategy into an ETF format with a covered-call options overlay for enhanced monthly income, diversification across asset classes, and volatility management, marking the first multi-asset addition to its Enhanced Income Series ETFs that recently exceeded $200 million in AUM. These initiatives reflect Westwood's strategic expansion into ETFs and partnerships like Westwood Engineered Beta, alongside ongoing portfolio adjustments such as the addition of Ben Chittenden to the WHGIX management team in late 2024.