UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 13, 2008

EATON VANCE CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	1-8100	04-2718215
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)
255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts		02109
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 482-8260

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 7.01         Regulation FD Disclosure

     Registrant reported their preliminary assets under management, as described in Registrant’s news release dated October 13, 2008, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
	Exhibit No.	Document
	99.1	Press Release issued by the Registrant dated October 13 , 2008
		reporting the preliminary assets under management.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  Date: October 13 , 2008       EATON VANCE CORP.
(Registrant)

/s/ Robert J. Whelan
Robert J. Whelan, Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     Each exhibit is listed in this index according to the number assigned to it in the exhibit table set forth in Item 601 of Regulation S-K. The following exhibit is filed as part of this Report:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Copy of Registrant's news release dated October 13, 2008 reporting the
	preliminary assets under management.

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Exhibit 99.1

October 13, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Eaton Vance Reports September 30, 2008 Assets Under Management

Boston, MA – Eaton Vance Corp. today reported assets under management of $144.0 billion on September 30, 2008. This compares to $155.8 billion on July 31, 2008, the close of the Company’s third fiscal quarter.

	Assets Under Management
		(in billions)
	9/30/2008		7/31/2008
By client type:
Funds	$	102.4	$	110.8
Retail managed accounts		16.8		17.2
Institutional separate accounts		13.0		15.1
High net worth separate accounts		11.8		12.7
Total	$	144.0	$	155.8
By asset category:
Equity(1)	$	96.6	$	104.9
Fixed (2)		29.6		31.9
Floating Rate		17.8		19.0
Total	$	144.0	$	155.8
(1) Includes balanced accounts
(2) Includes cash management assets of $1.4 billion on 9/30/2008,
and $1.7 billion on 7/31/2008.

Eaton Vance Corp. regularly reports assets under management on a fiscal quarter-end basis (January, April, July and October). The Company also reports assets under management on a calendar quarter basis in order to assist industry consultants who advise institutional clients on investment manager selection.

Eaton Vance Corp., a Boston-based investment management firm, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EV.

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