Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. It primarily provides its services to high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities , insurance companies, corporations. The firm is a large advisory firm, an investment adviser to an investment company which provides portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients. The firm manages separate client-focused equity portfolios. It also launches and manages hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It invests in value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. The firm employs fundamental analysis to create its investment portfolios. The firm employs a combination of in-house and external research to make its investments. The firm was formerly known as J Net Enterprises Inc. Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, New York.