NEUBERGER & BERMAN EQUITY ASSETS, 497J, 1997-04-04

NEUBERGER & BERMAN EQUITY ASSETS
497J, 1997-04-04

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                                  CERTIFICATION


         Pursuant to Rule  497(j),  Neuberger & Berman  Equity  Assets (1933 Act
File No. 33-82568,  1940 Act File No. 811-8106)  ("Registrant") hereby certifies
(a) that the forms of Prospectus  and Statement of Additional  Information  used
with  respect to  Neuberger & Berman Focus  Assets,  Neuberger & Berman  Genesis
Assets, Neuberger & Berman Guardian Assets, Neuberger & Berman Manhattan Assets,
and Neuberger & Berman Partners Assets, each a series of the Registrant,  do not
differ from those  contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 8 ("Amendment No.
8") to its  Registration  Statement  and (b)  that  Amendment  No.  8 was  filed
electronically.



Dated:  April 4, 1997                        By: /s/ Claudia A. Brandon
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                                                 Claudia A. Brandon