Eaton Vance Management (Boston)


Eaton Vance Management is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $102.96 billion of regulatory assets for 43,915 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

Eaton Vance Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Eaton Vance Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Eaton Vance Management is $102.96 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 116% since the beginning of its operation, and $9.88 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $99.83 billion in discretionary accounts and $3.13 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $2.54 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $671.21 thousand.
Eaton Vance Management has custody of $10.68 billion in cash and securities for 7 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in state and local bonds the most. They account for 70% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is non-investment grade corporate bonds, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in exchange traded securities form 3% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Eaton Vance Management for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Eaton Vance Management serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Eaton Vance Management is investment companies with 92 clients and $47.38 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Eaton Vance Management has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $102.75 billion for 44,004 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Eaton Vance Management also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund, one liquidity fund, one other private fund, and six securitized asset funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $1,000,000.

Careers at Eaton Vance Management

The company employs 842 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 28 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 8 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Eaton Vance Corp. ("Evc") Evc owns all outstanding shares of eaton vance management ("evm") 1 Feb 1981 75% - 100% 04-2718215
James Benjamin Hawkes Ceo, president 1 Nov 1990 Other 1788327
Eaton Vance Inc. Sole trustee of evm 1 Nov 1990 Other 04-3101341
William Martin Steul Cfo, treasurer and vice president 1 Dec 1994 Other 2582009
Jr Thomas E Faust Chief equity investment officer, executive vice president 1 Feb 1995 Other 2843249
Alan Roy Dynner Clo, vice president, secretary 1 Nov 1996 Other 2474946
Paul O'neil Chief compliance officer, vice president 1 Jan 1998 Other 4331673
Jeffrey Paul Beale Chief administrative officer, vice president 1 Jan 2000 Other 4125134
Eaton Vance Inc. Sole trustee of evm and evbt 1 Jan 2001 Other 04-3101341
Eaton Vance Business Trust ("Evbt") Evbt wholly owns eaton vance management ("evm") 1 Jan 2001 75% - 100% 04-6936497
Jr Thomas E Faust Chief investment officer, executive vice president 1 Nov 2001 Other 2843249
Eaton Vance Inc. Sole trustee of evm, evbt, and evcbt 1 Feb 2002 Other 04-3106242
Eaton Vance Company Business Trust ("Evcbt") Evcbt wholly owns eaton vance management ("evm") 1 Feb 2002 75% - 100% 37-1417278
Eaton Vance Inc. Sole trustee of evm, and evcbt 1 Mar 2004 Other 04-3106242
Eaton Vance Inc. Sole trustee of evm 1 Jul 2004 Other 04-3106242
Eaton Vance Corp. ("Evc") Evc, a corporation, wholly owns eaton vance management ("evm") 1 Jul 2004 75% - 100% 04-2718215
Thomas E. Faust Ceo, president 1 Nov 2007 Other 2843249
John Edgar Pelletier Vice president, clo 1 Nov 2007 Other 2485135
Robert Joseph Whelan Vice president, treasurer, cfo 1 Nov 2007 Other 2766179
Duncan William Richardson Executive vp and chief equity investment officer 1 Nov 2007 Other 3168831
Frederick Stewart Marius Vice president and chief legal officer 1 Jun 2008 Other 3228364
Laurie Greenwald Hylton Vice president & chief financial officer 1 Mar 2012 Other 3243565
Richard Francis Froio Chief compliance officer, vice president 1 Nov 2017 Other 2214598
Daniel Carl Cataldo Chief administrative officer, vice president 1 May 2018 Other 1452466

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 41 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Eaton Vance Corp. Voting Trust Trust holding 100% of evc voting trust shares 1 Feb 1981 75% - 100% 04-6132064
James Benjamin Hawkes Trustee 1 Feb 1987 Other 1788327
Jr Thomas E Faust Trustee 1 Dec 1996 Other 2843249
Alan Roy Dynner Trustee 1 Oct 1997 Other 2474946
William Martin Steul Trustee 1 Oct 1997 Other 2582009
Wharton Parker Whitaker Trustee 1 Oct 1997 Other 464787
Thomas Joel Fetter Trustee 1 Oct 1998 Other 206992
Duncan William Richardson Trustee 1 Oct 1998 Other 3168831
Scott Hammond Page Trustee 1 Jan 2000 Other 4125385
Payson Frederick Swaffield Trustee 1 Jan 2000 Other 2023884
Michael William Weilheimer Trustee 1 Jan 2000 Other 1821149
Eaton Vance Corp. ("Evc") Wholly owns evbt 1 Jan 2001 75% - 100% 04-2718215
Eaton Vance Business Trust ("Evbt") Wholly owns evcbt 1 Feb 2002 75% - 100% 04-6936497
Eaton Vance Corp. ("Evc") Wholly owns evcbt 1 Mar 2004 75% - 100% 04-2718215
Cynthia J. Clemson Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 5097262
Thomas M. Metzold Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 5097269
Michael Robert Mach Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 707281
Robert Bruce Macintosh Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 4620222
Judith Ann Saryan Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 5097268
George West Saltonstall Trustee 1 Jan 2006 Other 1032290
Matthew Joseph Witkos Trustee 1 Jul 2007 Other 2034689
Lisa Marinello Jones Trustee 1 Jul 2007 Other 1324612
Robert Joseph Whelan Trustee 1 Jul 2007 Other 2766179
Walter Albert Row Trustee 1 Nov 2007 Other 735570
Maureen Ann Gemma Trustee 1 Jun 2008 Other 5548693
Frederick Stewart Marius Trustee 1 Jul 2008 Other 3228364
Brian Dean Langstraat Trustee 1 Jan 2009 Other 2112877
David Morris Stein Trustee 1 Jan 2009 Other 2511307
Mark S Venezia Trustee 1 Jan 2009 Other 1070989
David Connor Mccabe Trustee 1 Nov 2011 Other 2387411
Daniel Carl Cataldo Trustee 1 Mar 2012 Other 1452466
James Hamilton Evans Trustee 1 Nov 2013 Other 1680973
Charles Bass Reed Trustee 1 Nov 2013 Other 4655361
Ray Kelly Williams Trustee 1 Nov 2013 Other 4754116
Craig Russ Trustee 1 Nov 2013 Other 6269189
Edward James Perkin Trustee 1 May 2014 Other 3136911
John Lawrence Shea Trustee 1 Dec 2014 Other 2803514
Lewis Richard Piantedosi Trustee 1 Nov 2015 Other 6584265
Michael Andrew Cirami Trustee 1 Nov 2015 Other 6588836
Craig Robert Brandon Trustee 1 Nov 2015 Other 6590529
Eric A Stein Trustee 1 Nov 2015 Other 4227833

Based in Boston

The principal office where Eaton Vance Management performs its advisory services is located at Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in New York, NY. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 617-482-8260. The normal business hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm (est) on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at eatonvance.com and its LinkedIn profile.