Form N-CEN - Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies
January 09 2024 - 2:27PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and
Board of Directors of Neuberger
Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc.
In planning and performing our audit
of the financial statements of Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity
Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2023, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (PCOAB), we considered the Fund’s internal control over
financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a
basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of
the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express
no such opinion.
The management of the Fund is responsible
for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s
internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations,
internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control
over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does
not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in
internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable
possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our
consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for
the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily
disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses
under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in
the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation,
including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a
material weakness as defined above as of October 31, 2023.
This report is intended solely
for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of Neuberger
Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc. and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 22, 2023
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