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Registration No. 333-01933
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEW ENGLAND INVESTMENT COMPANIES, L.P.
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(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 13-3405992
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
399 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116 02116
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(Address of Principal Executive offices) (Zip Code)
1993 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
EDWARD N. WADSWORTH, GENERAL COUNSEL
NEW ENGLAND INVESTMENT COMPANIES, L.P.
399 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116
(617) 578-3500
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(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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New England Investment Companies, L.P. (the "Registrant") hereby withdraws
from registration under this Registration Statement 1,747,499 units of limited
partnership units ("LP Units") of the Registrant registered hereunder which have
not been issued pursuant to the 1993 Equity Incentive Plan. These LP Units have
been included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-43407).
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SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Boston, Massachusetts, on this 28th day of January, 1998.
NEW ENGLAND INVESTMENT COMPANIES, L.P.
By: NEW ENGLAND INVESTMENT COMPANIES, INC.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Edward N. Wadsworth
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Edward N. Wadsworth,
Executive Vice President
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