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Eaton Vance Management

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104859

Filed as EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT

Eaton Vance Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1981, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 11, 2026.

45 years
registered since 1981
$97,020,545,041
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Eaton Vance Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Eaton Vance Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Eaton Vance Management located?

Eaton Vance Management's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Eaton Vance Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Eaton Vance Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1981. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104859.

How much does Eaton Vance Management manage?

Eaton Vance Management reports $97,020,545,041 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Eaton Vance Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Eaton Vance Management: Regulatory assets under management: $73,036,634,870 in the October 2021 data and $97,020,545,041 in the October 2026 data, up 33%. Total employees: 866 in October 2021 and 219 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Eaton Vance Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (3,636); investment companies (62); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (45).

Which custodians does Eaton Vance Management use?

Eaton Vance Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon and State Street Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Eaton Vance Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/104859

What changed in Eaton Vance Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 189 to 160. Regulatory assets under management went from $84,879,368,900 to $97,020,545,041 (+14%). Added an office in London. No longer lists an office in Minneapolis, MN. No longer lists an office in Seattle, WA.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$97,020,545,041

$97,020,545,041 as of October 2026, filing dated August 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $97,020,545,041.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 62 Assets $65,017,485,056 (67%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 45 Assets $11,575,245,318 (12%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 18 Assets $2,663,676,668 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 27 Assets $1,111,042,349 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 9 Assets $3,837,782,908 (4%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 8 Assets $3,813,171,087 (4%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $6,423,422,578 (7%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 20 Assets $540,452,320 (1%)
Other
Clients 3,636 Assets $2,038,266,757 (2%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1981 (45 years)
Employees
Total: 219. Performing investment advisory functions: 160.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
LondonNew York, NYWashington Dc, DC
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$73B 2021 $86.5B 2022 $77.2B 2023 $63B 2024 $84.9B 2025 $97B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$97,020,545,041219August 11, 2026
October 2025$84,879,368,900247June 18, 2025
October 2024$63,043,262,559225March 27, 2024
October 2023$77,205,211,457247October 2, 2023
October 2022$86,483,917,631776March 31, 2022
October 2021$73,036,634,870866July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $73,036,634,870 in the October 2021 data and $97,020,545,041 in the October 2026 data, up 33%.

Total employees: 866 in October 2021 and 219 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 189 to 160.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $84,879,368,900 to $97,020,545,041 (+14%).
    • Added an office in London.
    • No longer lists an office in Minneapolis, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Seattle, WA.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
eatonvance.comeatonvancerealestate.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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