The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund operates as a closed-end equity mutual fund, both established and overseen by Eaton Vance Management. This fund's investment mandate involves allocating capital to publicly traded companies across international markets, with a deliberate emphasis on diversifying its holdings across a wide array of economic sectors. A core component of its strategy is to primarily invest in stocks of companies that distribute dividends. Additionally, the fund strategically incorporates derivative instruments, specifically generating income by writing call options on a segment of its common stock portfolio, linked to various U.S. and foreign market indices. For evaluating its performance, the fund benchmarks itself against the MSCI World Index. The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund officially began operations on February 27, 2007, and is domiciled in the United States.