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Westwood Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (NYSE: MDST) as Assets Approach $100 Million
DALLAS, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE: WHG), a boutique asset management, trust and wealth services firm, is pleased to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (NYSE: MDST) (“MDST” or the “Fund”). Since its launch as the first Westwood exchange-traded-fund (ETF), MDST has gained strong traction among income-seeking investors, with assets under management approaching the $100 million milestone. The fund has delive
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