EXHIBIT (j)

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement No. 002-27962 on Form N-1A of our reports dated as indicated on the attached Schedule A, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of the Funds listed on the attached Schedule A, certain of the funds constituting Eaton Vance Special Investment Trust (the “Trust”), and the Portfolios listed on the attached Schedule A, appearing in the Annual Report on Form N-CSR of the Trust for the year ended December 31, 2021, and to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” in the Prospectuses and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statements of Additional Information, which are part of such Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 28, 2022


 

Schedule A

 

Eaton Vance Special Investment Trust

 

Report Date

Fund Name (collectively, the “Funds”)

 

 

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Dividend Builder Fund

February 17, 2022

Eaton Vance Growth Fund

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Small-Cap Fund

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Balanced Fund

March 10, 2022

Eaton Vance Greater India Fund

February 23, 2022

Eaton Vance Core Bond Fund

 

 

Portfolio financial statements that are included in one or more of the above Funds’ annual reports for the year ended December 31, 2021:

 

Report Date

Portfolio Name (collectively, the “Portfolios”)

 

 

February 23, 2022

Core Bond Portfolio

February 23, 2022

Stock Portfolio

March 10, 2022

Greater India Portfolio