Eaton Vance Richard Bernstein Equity Strategy Fund Class I (ERBIX) is a global large-stock blend mutual fund that seeks total return through a macro-driven, top-down equity allocation strategy investing across developed and emerging markets worldwide. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities and derivative instruments providing exposure to equities, including common stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) such as iShares MSCI India ETF, iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, and derivatives for hedging or efficient portfolio management; it maintains a broadly diversified, opportunistic and style-agnostic portfolio with approximately 266 holdings, emphasizing beta management via quantitative indicators and macroeconomic analysis to identify overlooked opportunities while managing stock-specific, sector, geographic and market risks through periodic rebalancing. Targeting institutional and high-net-worth investors, the Fund operates globally with primary exposure to U.S. equities (around 68%), developed markets (25%) and emerging markets (8%), benchmarked against the MSCI ACWI Index, with total net assets of approximately $673 million as of mid-2025.
Launched on October 12, 2010 and managed as part of Eaton Vance Growth Trust, with institutional Class I shares carrying a net expense ratio of 1.05%, the Fund is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, under Eaton Vance Management, a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
In February 2025, the Fund underwent a name change from Eaton Vance Richard Bernstein Equity Strategy Fund to Eaton Vance Equity Strategy Fund (with ticker references updated accordingly); effective August 18, 2025, Eaton Vance Management assumed full investment management responsibilities, terminating the sub-advisory agreement with prior sub-adviser Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (RBA) and implementing related changes to principal investment strategies, as detailed in prospectus supplements.