Eaton Vance's hire this month of two senior staff from Goldman Sachs Asset Management will give the Boston-based firm an equity investment presence on the ground in London for the first time. It also expands the sales office it has had in the UK capital for almost a decade.

Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance, is adding Christopher Dyer as a director of global equity and Aidan Farrell as a global small-cap portfolio manager in London. Both are due to start on June 15 and were previously senior GSAM portfolio managers.