- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 1290 Avenue Of The Americas New York NY United States of America 10104
- IPO Date
- Jun 30, 1999
- Business
- Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund Institutional Class (NBGIX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of capital by primarily investing in common stocks of small-cap companies, with a focus on high-quality growth stocks demonstrating consistent free cash flow generation, above-average profitability, conservative balance sheets, sustainable growth prospects, and differentiated business models with durable competitive advantages trading at reasonable valuations. The fund offers shares through its Institutional Class (inception July 1, 1999), alongside Investor Class (inception September 27, 1988), Trust Class, R6 Class (inception March 15, 2013), and Advisor Class, with a net expense ratio of 0.84% for Institutional Class and a minimum initial investment of $1,000,000; it maintains a diversified portfolio of approximately 115 holdings, with top sectors including industrials (32.42%), technology (19.36%), and financial services (14.28%), and leading positions as of December 31, 2024 in companies such as Manhattan Associates Inc. (1.94%), Kirby Corp. (1.94%), Valmont Industries Inc. (1.87%), SPS Commerce Inc. (1.85%), and RBC Bearings Inc. (1.82%).
Managed by a seasoned team including Robert D'Alelio (since 1997), Brett Reiner (since 2005), and Gregory Spiegel (since 2015), the fund is part of the Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund family offered by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, a division of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, the employee-owned investment manager founded in 1939 and headquartered at 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York, New York, which oversees approximately $558 billion in client assets across equities, fixed income, private equity, hedge funds, and other strategies for institutional investors, advisors, and high-net-worth individuals primarily in the United States with minor non-U.S. exposure (3.76% of assets).
In recent developments, Neuberger Berman has pursued significant expansions in its broader private markets platform, closing NB Strategic Co-Investment Partners V at over $2.8 billion in July 2025 (exceeding its $2.25 billion target), NB Private Debt V at $7.3 billion in November 2025 for senior secured loans to private equity-backed companies, and NB Strategic Capital Fund II at over $4 billion in June 2025 for GP-led secondary transactions; additionally, on December 3, 2025, the firm announced name changes to certain funds effective shortly thereafter, though the Genesis Fund retained its branding amid these updates.