Type: Public
On the web: http://www.eatonvance.com
Employees: 1,155
Employee growth: 5.6%

A veritable supermarket of investing, Eaton Vance offers more than 100 mutual funds and manages investments for retail, high-net-worth, and institutional clients. Its investment specialties include tax-managed equity funds, municipal bond funds, floating-rate bank-loan funds, income and value equity funds, closed-end funds, private equity funds, global and high-yield bonds, tax-efficient separate accounts, and managed accounts. Its Eaton Vance Distributors unit markets and sells its products through sales associates in the US, Europe, the Asia/Pacific region, and Latin America, as well as a network of brokers, independent financial advisors, banks, and insurance firms.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending October, 2011:
Sales: $1,260.0M
One year growth: 12.3%
Net income: $214.9M
Income growth: 23.3%

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Thomas E. (Tom) Faust Jr.
VP, Treasurer, and CFO: Robert J. (Bob) Whelan
VP Institutional Business Development: Joseph Furey

Competitors:
Franklin Templeton
Legg Mason
T. Rowe Price

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