Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund December 2017 Update
January 17 2018 - 11:00AM
Below is the December 2017 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star®
Equity Fund. (NYSE:USA)
Liberty
All-Star Equity Fund |
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Monthly Update |
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Ticker: USA |
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December, 2017 |
Investment
Approach |
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Fund Style: Large-Cap Core |
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Fund Strategy: Combines three value-style and two
growth-style |
investment
managers. Those selected demonstrate a consistent |
investment
philosophy, decision making process, continuity of key |
people and
above-average long-term results compared to managers |
with
similar styles. |
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Investment Managers: |
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Value
Managers: |
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Aristotle
Capitol Management, LLC |
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Macquarie
Investment Management |
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Pzena
Investment Management, LLC |
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Growth
Managers: |
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Sustainable
Growth Advisers, LP |
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TCW
Investment Management Company |
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(29.3% of equity
portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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1 |
Alphabet,
Inc., Class C (3) |
2.1 |
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Facebook,
Inc., Class A (2) |
2.1 |
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Visa,
Inc., Class A (1) |
2.0 |
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Salesforce.com, Inc. (4) |
1.9 |
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5 |
Adobe
Systems, Inc. (5) |
1.8 |
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Amazon.com, Inc. (6) |
1.8 |
% |
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7 |
Mondelez
International, Inc., Class A (7) |
1.6 |
% |
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8 |
Bank of
America Corp. (8) |
1.5 |
% |
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Halliburton Co. (14) |
1.4 |
% |
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PayPal
Holdings, Inc. (9) |
1.3 |
% |
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Equinix,
Inc. (10) |
1.3 |
% |
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Starbucks
Corp. (13) |
1.3 |
% |
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Lowe's
Companies, Inc. (11) |
1.2 |
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Oracle
Corp. (15) |
1.2 |
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15 |
Chubb
Ltd. (12) |
1.2 |
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16 |
The Home
Depot, Inc. (16) |
1.2 |
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The
Priceline Group, Inc. (17) |
1.1 |
% |
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Capital
One Financial Corp. (20) |
1.1 |
% |
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DowDuPont, Inc. (18) |
1.1 |
% |
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JPMorgan
Chase & Co. (19) |
1.1 |
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Holdings are subject to
change. |
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Monthly
Performance |
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Performance |
NAV |
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Market Price |
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Discount |
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Beginning of month value |
$6.77 |
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$6.09 |
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-10.0% |
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Distributions |
– |
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End of month value |
$6.87 |
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$6.30 |
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-8.3% |
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Performance for month |
1.48% |
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3.45% |
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Performance year-to-date |
23.38% |
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34.42% |
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The net
asset value (NAV) of a closed-end fund is the market value of the
underlying investments (i.e., stocks and bonds) in the Fund’s
portfolio, minus liabilities, divided by the total number of Fund
shares outstanding. However, the Fund also has a market price; the
value at which it trades on an exchange. If the market price is
above the NAV the Fund is trading at a premium. If the market
price is below the NAV the Fund is trading at a discount. |
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Performance
returns for the Fund are total returns, which includes dividends,
and are net of management fees and other Fund expenses. Returns are
calculated assuming that a shareholder reinvested all
distributions. Past performance cannot predict future investment
results. |
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Performance
will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. Current
performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown.
Performance information shown does not reflect the deduction of
taxes that shareholders would pay on Fund distributions or the sale
of Fund shares. Shareholders must be willing to tolerate
significant fluctuations in the value of their investment. An
investment in the Fund involves risk, including loss of
principal. |
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Sources of
distributions to shareholders may include ordinary dividends,
long-term capital gains and return of capital. The actual amounts
and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend
upon the Fund’s investment experience during its fiscal year and
may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. If a
distribution includes anything other than net investment income,
the fund provides a Section 19(a) notice of the best estimate of
its distribution sources at that time. These estimates may not
match the final tax characterization (for the full year’s
distributions) contained in shareholders’ 1099-DIV forms after the
end of the year. The Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is a closed-end
fund and does not continuously offer shares.The Fund trades in the
secondary market, investors wishing to buy or sell shares need to
place orders through an intermediary or broker by using the
Fund’s ticker symbol: USA. Secondary market support provided
to the Fund by ALPS Fund Services, Inc.’s affiliate ALPS
Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA member. All
data is as of December 31, 2017 unless otherwise noted. |
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
$1,329.8 |
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Equities |
$1,304.5 |
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Percent Invested |
98.1% |
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Sector
Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* |
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Information Technology |
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24.0% |
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Financials |
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17.3% |
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Health Care |
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14.6% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
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13.9% |
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Energy |
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8.8% |
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Consumer Staples |
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6.5% |
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Industrials |
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6.3% |
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Materials |
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3.4% |
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Real Estate |
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2.9% |
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Telecommunication Services |
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1.2% |
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Utilities |
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1.1% |
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Total
Market Value |
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100.0% |
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*Based on Standard
& Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard
(GICS). |
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New
Holdings |
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Holdings Liquidated |
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Align Technology,
Inc. |
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Baxter
International, Inc. |
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The Walt Disney
Co. |
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