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Eaton Vance Hexavest Global Equity Fund  
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EATON VANCE HEXAVEST GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
Supplement to Prospectus dated December 1, 2016

 

The following changes are effective immediately:

The following replaces “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in “Fund Summaries – Hexavest Global Equity Fund”:

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.  You may qualify for a reduced sales charge if you invest, or agree to invest over a 13-month period, at least $50,000 in Eaton Vance funds.  Certain financial intermediaries also may offer variations in Fund sales charges to their customers as described in Appendix A – Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations in the Prospectus.  More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Sales Charges beginning on page 24 of this Prospectus and page 21 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.  

       
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Class A Class C Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75% None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) None 1.00% None

 

       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)(1) Class A Class C Class I
Management Fees 0.80% 0.80% 0.80%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% None
Other Expenses(2) 0.34% 0.34% 0.34%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.45% 2.20% 1.20%
Expense Reimbursement(3) (0.30)% (0.30)% (0.30)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement 1.15% 1.90% 0.90%
(1)“Management Fees” reflect a change in the expense reimbursement effective May 1, 2017, and “Management Fees” and “Expense Reimbursement” have been restated to reflect the fees as if the Fund’s revised expense reimbursement was in effect for the Fund’s full fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.
(2)Estimated for Class C shares.
(3)The investment adviser and administrator and the sub-adviser have agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.15% for Class A shares, 1.90% for Class C shares and 0.90% for Class I shares. This expense reimbursement will continue through November 30, 2018. Any amendment to or termination of this reimbursement would require approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense reimbursement relates to ordinary operating expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses of unaffiliated funds only and does not include expenses such as: brokerage commissions, interest expense, taxes or litigation expenses. Amounts reimbursed may be recouped by the investment adviser and administrator and the sub-adviser during the same fiscal year to the extent actual expenses are less than the contractual expense cap during such year.

Example.  This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

                 
  Expenses with Redemption Expenses without Redemption
  1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Class A shares $685 $979 $1,295 $2,186 $685 $979 $1,295 $2,186
Class C shares $293 $659 $1,152 $2,511 $193 $659 $1,152 $2,511
Class I shares $92 $351 $631 $1,428 $92 $351 $631 $1,428

   
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Expense, Heading rr_ExpenseHeading

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense, Narrative rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for a reduced sales charge if you invest, or agree to invest over a 13-month period, at least $50,000 in Eaton Vance funds. Certain financial intermediaries also may offer variations in Fund sales charges to their customers as described in Appendix A – Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations in the Prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Sales Charges beginning on page 24 of this Prospectus and page 21 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
Shareholder Fees, Caption rr_ShareholderFeesCaption

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses, Caption rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 [1]
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“Management Fees” reflect a change in the expense reimbursement effective May 1, 2017, and “Management Fees” and “Expense Reimbursement” have been restated to reflect the fees as if the Fund’s revised expense reimbursement was in effect for the Fund’s full fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.
Expense Breakpoint, Discounts rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts

You may qualify for a reduced sales charge if you invest, or agree to invest over a 13-month period, at least $50,000 in Eaton Vance funds. Certain financial intermediaries also may offer variations in Fund sales charges to their customers as described in Appendix A – Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations in the Prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Sales Charges beginning on page 24 of this Prospectus and page 21 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 50,000
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent

“Management Fees” reflect a change in the expense reimbursement effective May 1, 2017, and “Management Fees” and “Expense Reimbursement” have been restated to reflect the fees as if the Fund’s revised expense reimbursement was in effect for the Fund’s full fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.
Expense Example, Heading rr_ExpenseExampleHeading

Example.
Expense Example, Narrative rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Eaton Vance Hexavest Global Equity Fund | Class A  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.34% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.45%
Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.30%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.15%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

November 30, 2018
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 685
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 979
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,295
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,186
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 685
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 979
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,295
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,186
Eaton Vance Hexavest Global Equity Fund | Class C  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice 1.00%
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.34% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.20%
Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.30%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.90%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

November 30, 2018
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 293
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 659
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,152
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,511
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 193
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 659
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 1,152
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,511
Eaton Vance Hexavest Global Equity Fund | Class I  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.80%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.34% [2]
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.20%
Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.30%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.90%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

November 30, 2018
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 92
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 351
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 631
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,428
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 92
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 351
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 631
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,428
[1] "Management Fees" reflect a change in the expense reimbursement effective May 1, 2017, and "Management Fees" and "Expense Reimbursement" have been restated to reflect the fees as if the Fund's revised expense reimbursement was in effect for the Fund's full fiscal year ended July 31, 2016.
[2] Estimated for Class C shares.
[3] The investment adviser and administrator and the sub-adviser have agreed to reimburse the Fund's expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.15% for Class A shares, 1.90% for Class C shares and 0.90% for Class I shares. This expense reimbursement will continue through November 30, 2018. Any amendment to or termination of this reimbursement would require approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense reimbursement relates to ordinary operating expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses of unaffiliated funds only and does not include expenses such as: brokerage commissions, interest expense, taxes or litigation expenses. Amounts reimbursed may be recouped by the investment adviser and administrator and the sub-adviser during the same fiscal year to the extent actual expenses are less than the contractual expense cap during such year.