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Neuberger Asset-Based Credit Income SCA SICAV RAIF, will focus on generating income and preserving capital, while also offering investors diversification
London, April 14, 2026 – Neuberger Berman, a global, private employee-owned investment manager is pleased to announce the launch of the Neuberger Asset-Based Credit Income SCA SICAV RAIF (“ABCI” or the “Fund”), an open-ended fund, with an aim of delivering a diversified high-yielding solution for accredited investors internationally.
Managed by Neuberger’s Specialty Finance group, ABCI targets attractive income generation and capital preservation through a diversified portfolio of short duration, asset-based private credit investments. The Fund will invest across various sectors including receivables lending, consumer, small business, and hard asset sectors, as well as revenue-based loans and public asset-backed securities.
Structured as an open-ended SICAV, ABCI offers monthly subscriptions and quarterly redemptions (subject to restrictions as per the terms of the fund), alongside both quarterly income distribution and accumulation share classes.
Sachin Patel, Managing Director, Neuberger Specialty Finance group said: “The ABCI Fund is designed to help investors diversify their private credit portfolios away from corporate credit risk — offering short-duration, asset-backed exposures that behave differently from the rest of a fixed-income portfolio, with an aim of delivering consistent, high-yielding income from assets that most investors simply do not have elsewhere in their portfolio.”
The Fund’s launch follows Neuberger’s asset-based credit fund for U.S. retail investors launched in August 2025, underscoring the firm’s continued expansion in asset-based and specialty finance strategies. For investors, asset-based credit is increasingly becoming a structural component of portfolios, aiming to offer diversified sources of income and return.
José Cosío, Head of Global Intermediary ex US at Neuberger said: “We see strong client demand for diversified sources of income that can complement existing alternative credit and traditional fixed-income allocations. Asset-based credit may provide resilient and income-generating potential - this fund offers investors an evergreen structure built for access and flexibility, backed by an experienced investment team.”
Neuberger Specialty Finance currently manages over $5 billion across 50+ portfolio companies and various investment vehicles. Investors will benefit from Neuberger Specialty Finance’s established relationships and sourcing network. Since the strategy’s inception in 2018, the Neuberger Specialty Finance group has cumulatively invested more than $16 billion through 80 global origination partners, from commercial banks to fintechs, across thousands of underlying loans.
Investing in the fund is subject to risk, including but not limited to the following:
Market Conditions. The Fund’s strategy is based, in part, upon the premise that investments will be available for purchase by the Fund at prices that the Fund, the general partner of the Fund (the “General Partner”), Neuberger Berman AIFM S.à r.l., the alternative investment fund manager, or NB Alternatives Advisers LLC, the delegate investment manager (the “Adviser”) considers favorable, and which are commensurate with the targeted returns described herein. To the extent that current market conditions change or change more quickly than Neuberger Berman Group, LLC or an affiliate (collectively, “Neuberger”) currently anticipates, investment opportunities may cease to be available to the Fund or investment opportunities that allow for the targeted returns described herein may no longer be available.
No Assurance of Investment Return. There can be no assurance or guarantee that the Fund’s objectives will be achieved, that the past, targeted or estimated results presented herein will be achieved, or that investors in the Fund (“Investors”) will receive any return on their investments in the Fund. The Fund’s performance may be volatile. An investment should only be considered by persons who can afford a loss of their entire investment. Past activities of investment entities sponsored by Neuberger provide no assurance or guarantee of future results. The Fund’s intended strategy relies, in part, upon the continuation of existing market conditions in certain countries (including, for example, supply and demand characteristics or continued growth in GDP) or, in some circumstances, upon more favorable market conditions existing prior to the termination of the Fund. No assurance or guarantee can be given that investments meeting the Fund’s investment objectives can be acquired or disposed of at favorable prices or that the market for such investments (or market conditions generally) will either remain stable or, as applicable, recover or improve, since this will depend upon events and factors outside the control of the Fund’s investment team. Notwithstanding anything in this release to the contrary, Neuberger, the Adviser and/or the General Partner may vary its investment processes and/or execution from what is described herein. The returns shown herein include returns generated by reinvested cash capital or profits. Without such reinvestment, the returns shown in this release will have been lower.
Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks. Legal, tax and regulatory changes (including changing enforcement priorities, changing interpretations of legal and regulatory precedents or varying applications of laws and regulations to particular facts and circumstances) could occur during the term of the Fund that may adversely affect the Fund or its investors.
Performance of the Fund and No Operating History. The Fund and the General Partner are newly-formed entities with no operating history for prospective investors to evaluate.
Default or Excuse. If an investor in the fund defaults on or is excused from its obligation to contribute capital to the Fund, other investors may be required to make additional contributions to the Fund to replace such shortfall. In addition, an investor may experience significant economic consequences should it fail to make required capital contributions.
Indemnification. Under certain circumstances, the Fund is responsible for indemnifying the Adviser, the General Partner and their respective affiliates for losses or damages.
Leverage. The Fund’s investments are expected to include underlying portfolio companies whose capital structures may have significant leverage. These companies may be subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants. The leverage may impair these companies’ ability to finance their future operations and capital needs. The leveraged capital structure of such investments will increase the exposure of the portfolio companies to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deteriorations in the condition of the portfolio company or its industry.
Use of Leverage. The General Partner will have the right to cause the Fund to borrow money in order to, among other things, make investments and pay Fund expenses in lieu of funding such amounts by calling capital contributions from the Fund’s investors. In addition, the Fund may borrow funds for the purpose of making distributions to Investors, generally in anticipation of amounts to be received by the Fund from Fund Investments. Using borrowings to delay calling capital contributions or to accelerate distributions will generally be utilized by the General Partner to increase the investors’ rate of return on their interests in the Fund or in some cases to normalize distributions. In the event that the Fund has aggregate losses, its investors may receive a lower return on investment than they would have received had no borrowings been utilized.
Impact of Outstanding Borrowings on Investor Returns. In the event that a Fund uses a credit facility, it is expected that interest will accrue on any outstanding borrowings at a rate lower than the Fund’s preferred return, which does not accrue on such borrowings and will begin accruing when capital contributions to fund such investments, or repay borrowings used to fund such investments, are actually advanced by Investors to the Fund. As a result, the use of a credit facility with respect to the Fund’s investments and ongoing capital needs may reduce or eliminate the preferred return received by the investors and accelerate or increase distributions of carried interest to the General Partner.
Highly Competitive Market for Investment Opportunities. The activity of identifying, completing and realizing attractive investments is highly competitive, and involves a high degree of uncertainty. There can be no assurance or guarantee that the Fund will be able to locate, consummate and exit investments that satisfy the Fund’s rate of return objectives or realize upon their values or that it will be able to invest fully its committed capital.
Reliance on Key Management Personnel. The success of the Fund will depend, in large part, upon the skill and expertise of certain Neuberger professionals. In the event of the death, disability or departure of any key Neuberger professionals, the business and the performance of the Fund may be adversely affected.
Credit Risk. The Fund is subject to significant credit risk (i.e., the risk that an issuer or borrower will default in the payment of principal and/or interest on an instrument) in light of its investment strategy. Credit risk also includes the risk that a counterparty will be unwilling or unable to meet its obligations. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer or borrower are the primary factors influencing credit risk. In addition, degree of subordination, lack or inadequacy of collateral or credit enhancement for a debt instrument may affect its credit risk.
Senior Secured Loans. When the Fund makes a senior secured loan to a portfolio company, it will generally take a security interest in the available assets of the portfolio company, including the equity interests of its subsidiaries, which should help mitigate the risk that the Fund will not be repaid. However, there is a risk that the collateral securing the Fund’s loans may decrease in value over time, may be difficult to sell in a timely manner, may be difficult to appraise, and may fluctuate in value based upon the success of the business and market conditions, including as a result of the inability of the portfolio company to raise additional capital. The Fund’s investments in secured loans could result in losses from default and foreclosure. In the event of any default under a secured loan held directly by the Fund, the Fund will bear a risk of loss of principal to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the secured loan, which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s cash flow from operations. In the event of a foreclosure of a secured loan held directly by the Fund, the Fund could assume direct ownership of an underlying asset of which the liquidation proceeds upon sale of such asset do not satisfy the entire outstanding balance of principal and interest on the loan.
Structured Portfolio Investments. The value of an investment in a structured product will depend on the investment performance of the assets in which the structured product invests and will therefore be subject to all of the risks associated with an investment in those assets. These risks include the possibility of a default by, or bankruptcy of, the issuers of such assets or a claim that the pledging of collateral to secure any such asset constituted a fraudulent conveyance or preferential transfer that can be subordinated to the rights of other credits of the issuer of such asset or nullified under applicable law. The Fund will not own such assets directly and will therefore not benefit from general rights applicable to the holders of assets, such as the right to indemnity and the rights of setoff, or have voting rights with respect to such assets, and in such cases, all decisions related to such assets, including whether to exercise certain remedies, will be controlled by the structured product.
Prepayment Risk. The terms of loans in which the Fund invests may permit the borrowers to voluntarily prepay loans at any time, either with no or a nominal prepayment premium. This prepayment right could result in the borrower repaying the principal on an obligation held by the Fund earlier than expected. This may happen when there is a decline in interest rates, when the borrower’s improved credit or operating or financial performance allows the refinancing of certain classes of debt with lower cost debt. The yield of the Fund’s investment assets may be affected by the rate of prepayments differing from the General Partner’s expectations. Assuming an improvement in the credit market conditions, early repayments of the debt held by the Fund could increase. To the extent early prepayments increase, they may have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s investment objectives and profits. In addition, if the Fund is unable to reinvest the proceeds of such prepayments received in investments expected to be as profitable, the proceeds generated by the Fund will decline as compared to the AIFM and/or the Delegate Investment Manager’s expectations.
Equity Securities. The Fund may make non-control equity investments in connection with its debt investments. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities and, in the case of a portfolio company’s insolvency, bankruptcy or dissolution, the Fund may receive no return on its equity investment in such company due to equity securities’ subordinate position in the issuer’s capital structure.
Interest Rates. In general, rising interest rates will negatively impact the price of fixed rate debt instruments and falling interest rates will have a positive effect on the price of such debt instruments. Adjustable rate instruments also react to interest rate changes in a similar manner although generally to a lesser degree (depending, however, on the characteristics of the reset terms, including the index chosen, frequency of reset and reset caps or floors, among other factors). Interest rate sensitivity is generally more pronounced and less predictable in instruments with uncertain payment or prepayment schedules. To the extent the Fund invests in longer-term debt obligations, it will be impacted to a greater degree by changes in market interest rates than if the Fund invested primarily in short-term debt obligations.
Deemed Consent. The General Partner may require that its investors respond within a specified period of time to the General Partner’s request for consent or approval to an amendment to the Partnership Agreement, or an election, waiver or similar action under the Partnership Agreement, and an investor that fails to respond with an affirmative objection within such period of time will be deemed to have granted such consent or approval. In any such case, an investor may experience a significant change to its rights and obligations under the Partnership Agreement merely by failing to affirmatively object within a specified time period. Accordingly, investors are urged to pay close attention to all communications from the General Partner.
Potential Conflicts of Interest. There may be occasions when the Adviser, the General Partner and/or their respective affiliates will encounter potential conflicts of interest in connection with the Fund’s activities including, without limitation, the activities of Neuberger and key personnel, the allocation of investment opportunities, conflicting fiduciary duties and the diverse interests of the Fund’s investor group. There may be opportunities that the Fund cannot take advantage of because of such conflicts.
Limited Liquidity. There is no organized secondary market for Investors’ interests in the Fund, and none is expected to develop. There are restrictions on withdrawal and transfer of interests in the Fund.
Material, Non-Public Information. By reason of their responsibilities in connection with other activities of Neuberger, certain employees of the Adviser, the General Partner, the advisors and their respective affiliates may acquire confidential or material non-public information or be restricted from initiating transactions in certain securities. The Fund will not be free to act upon any such information. Due to these restrictions, the Fund may not be able to initiate a transaction that it otherwise might have initiated and may not be able to sell an investment that it otherwise might have sold.
Geopolitical Risk. Neuberger’s business activities as well as the activities of the Fund and its operations and investments could be materially adversely affected by global geopolitical issues. In particular, conflicts between the two nations and the varying involvement of the United States and other NATO countries could preclude prediction as to their ultimate adverse impact on global economic and market conditions, and, as a result, presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the Fund and the performance of its investments or operations, and the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives. Intra-country conflicts can cause a negative impact on and significant disruptions to the economy within that country as well as to business activities globally (including in the countries in which the Fund invests), and therefore could also adversely affect the performance of the Fund’s investments. Additional governmental actions (sanctions-related, military or otherwise) may cause additional disruption and constrain or alter existing financial, legal and regulatory frameworks and systems in ways that are adverse to the investment strategy that the Fund intends to pursue, all of which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to fulfill its investment objectives. Additionally, to the extent that third parties, investors, or related customer bases have material operations or assets in any of the impacted countries, they may have adverse consequences related to the ongoing conflict.
Valuation Risk. Due to the illiquid nature of many Fund investments, any approximation of their value will be based on a good-faith determination as to the fair value of those investments. There can be no assurance that these values will equal or approximate the price at which such investments may be sold or otherwise liquidated or disposed of.
About Neuberger
Neuberger is an employee-owned, private, independent investment manager founded in 1939 with approximately 3000 employees across 27 countries. The firm manages $563 billion of equities, fixed income, private equity, real estate and hedge fund portfolios for global institutions, advisors and individuals. Neuberger's investment philosophy is founded on active management, fundamental research and engaged ownership. The firm is proud to be recognized for its commitment to its two constituents, clients and employees. Again in 2025, we were named Best Asset Manager for Institutional Investors in the US (Crisil Coalition Greenwich) and the #1 Best Place to Work in Money Management (Pensions & Investments, firms with more than 1,000 employees). Neuberger has no corporate parent or unaffiliated external shareholders. Visit www.nb.com for more information, including www.nb.com/disclosure-global-communications for information on awards. Data as of December 31, 2025.
About Neuberger Private Markets
Neuberger Berman Private Markets is a division of Neuberger Berman and has been an active and successful private markets investor since 1987. Neuberger Berman Private Markets invests across strategies, asset classes, and geographies for a large number of sophisticated and renowned institutions and individuals globally. As of September 30, 2025, Neuberger Berman Private Markets manages over $150 billion of investor commitments across primaries, co-investments, secondaries, private credit, and specialty strategies. Neuberger Berman Private Markets has an experienced and diverse team of over 470 professionals with a global presence in 16 offices globally.
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