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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (97.10%)        
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (7.17%)        
Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.19%)        
AT&T, Inc.   238,600   $7,482,496 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   141,100    8,343,243 
         15,825,739 
Entertainment (0.77%)          
Walt Disney Co.   91,582    10,168,350 
           
Interactive Media & Services (4.03%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)   23,040    27,033,062 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)   125,597    20,935,764 
Twitter, Inc.(a)   170,200    5,596,176 
         53,565,002 
Media (1.18%)          
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.   329,201    6,916,513 
News Corp., Class A   286,400    3,562,816 
Omnicom Group, Inc.   71,400    5,211,486 
         15,690,815 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (12.87%)          
Auto Components (0.54%)          
Lear Corp.   53,027    7,196,294 
           
Automobiles (0.59%)          
Ford Motor Co.   885,981    7,778,913 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.90%)          
Yum! Brands, Inc.   119,201    11,897,452 
           
Household Durables (1.61%)          
Lennar Corp., Class A   117,000    5,743,530 
Lennar Corp., Class B   2,500    97,800 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)   37,907    4,781,968 
Newell Brands, Inc.   355,387    5,451,637 
Sony Corp.(b)   126,400    5,339,136 
         21,414,071 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (3.23%)          
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   16,395    29,195,396 
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)   7,876    13,742,911 
         42,938,307 
Multiline Retail (0.65%)          
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)   82,200    8,634,288 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Specialty Retail (4.03%)        
Home Depot, Inc.   78,043   $14,975,671 
Lowe's Cos., Inc.   147,153    16,108,839 
TJX Cos., Inc.   158,111    8,413,086 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)   40,095    13,982,330 
         53,479,926 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.32%)          
Gildan Activewear, Inc.(c)   72,553    2,609,731 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   115,934    9,762,802 
PVH Corp.   42,708    5,208,241 
         17,580,774 
CONSUMER STAPLES (5.80%)          
Beverages (0.96%)          
Coca-Cola Co.   148,000    6,935,280 
Monster Beverage Corp.(a)   106,400    5,807,312 
         12,742,592 
Food & Staples Retailing (1.07%)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   28,500    6,900,990 
Kroger Co.   102,077    2,511,094 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   77,000    4,871,790 
         14,283,874 
Food Products (2.51%)          
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   177,300    7,646,949 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   458,452    22,885,924 
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   40,084    2,783,032 
         33,315,905 
Personal Products (1.26%)          
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A   60,762    10,059,149 
Unilever NV   114,000    6,645,060 
         16,704,209 
ENERGY (5.71%)          
Energy Equipment & Services (2.12%)          
Baker Hughes a GE Co.   132,657    3,677,252 
Halliburton Co.   632,472    18,531,430 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   223,994    5,967,200 
         28,175,882 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.59%)          
Cenovus Energy, Inc.   528,447    4,586,920 
Concho Resources, Inc.   23,500    2,607,560 
ConocoPhillips   118,600    7,915,364 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   38,919    3,144,655 
Marathon Oil Corp.   435,510    7,277,372 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments. 

 

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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)        
Occidental Petroleum Corp.   102,900   $6,811,980 
Phillips 66   70,000    6,661,900 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   25,500    3,883,140 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A(b)   77,126    4,827,317 
         47,716,208 
FINANCIALS (15.18%)          
Banks (5.20%)          
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA(b)(c)   810,000    4,641,300 
Bank of America Corp.   572,857    15,805,125 
BB&T Corp.   159,300    7,412,229 
BOK Financial Corp.   42,000    3,425,100 
Citigroup, Inc.   140,297    8,729,279 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   38,000    3,688,660 
East West Bancorp, Inc.   94,300    4,523,571 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   108,487    10,982,139 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(b)   650,000    3,217,500 
Wells Fargo & Co.   137,987    6,667,532 
         69,092,435 
Capital Markets (3.75%)          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   48,500    6,212,850 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   152,200    7,675,446 
Charles Schwab Corp.   140,600    6,012,056 
Franklin Resources, Inc.   168,889    5,596,982 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   27,035    5,190,450 
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   140,872    3,309,083 
Morgan Stanley   166,052    7,007,394 
S&P Global, Inc.   23,304    4,906,657 
UBS Group AG   325,600    3,943,016 
         49,853,934 
Consumer Finance (1.04%)          
Capital One Financial Corp.   168,578    13,771,137 
           
Diversified Financial Services (0.82%)          
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.   300,177    6,045,565 
Voya Financial, Inc.   97,006    4,846,419 
         10,891,984 
Insurance (4.37%)          
Allstate Corp.   83,300    7,845,194 
American International Group, Inc.   389,731    16,781,817 
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.   89,225    4,887,746 
Chubb, Ltd.   92,300    12,929,384 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   90,500    8,497,950 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Insurance (continued)        
MetLife, Inc.   166,053   $7,068,876 
         58,010,967 
HEALTH CARE (14.41%)          
Biotechnology (2.30%)          
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   33,300    4,501,494 
Amgen, Inc.   62,878    11,945,563 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)   50,800    4,512,564 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   23,273    9,556,359 
         30,515,980 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (4.00%)          
Abbott Laboratories   252,839    20,211,949 
Align Technology, Inc.(a)   23,478    6,675,500 
Becton Dickinson and Co.   39,530    9,871,827 
Danaher Corp.   71,000    9,373,420 
Medtronic PLC   76,500    6,967,620 
         53,100,316 
Health Care Providers & Services (3.63%)          
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)   112,000    3,282,720 
Cardinal Health, Inc.   192,857    9,286,065 
Cigna Corp.   40,357    6,490,213 
CVS Health Corp.   123,400    6,654,962 
McKesson Corp.   48,431    5,669,333 
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   80,000    7,193,600 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   38,729    9,576,132 
         48,153,025 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.49%)          
Illumina, Inc.(a)   20,861    6,481,304 
           
Pharmaceuticals (3.99%)          
Johnson & Johnson   59,300    8,289,547 
Merck & Co., Inc.   102,100    8,491,657 
Mylan NV(a)   205,038    5,810,777 
Novartis AG(b)   71,400    6,864,396 
Novo Nordisk A/S(b)   160,301    8,385,345 
Pfizer, Inc.   182,000    7,729,540 
Zoetis, Inc.   74,400    7,489,848 
         53,061,110 
INDUSTRIALS (6.99%)          
Aerospace & Defense (1.55%)          
General Dynamics Corp.   36,000    6,094,080 
Northrop Grumman Corp.   26,700    7,198,320 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments. 

 

www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Aerospace & Defense (continued)        
Raytheon Co.   40,300   $7,337,824 
         20,630,224 
Building Products (0.58%)          
Allegion PLC   18,606    1,687,750 
Johnson Controls International PLC   163,000    6,021,220 
         7,708,970 
Commercial Services & Supplies (1.10%)          
Waste Connections, Inc.   68,400    6,059,556 
Waste Management, Inc.   82,700    8,593,357 
         14,652,913 
Industrial Conglomerates (0.63%)          
General Electric Co.   832,759    8,319,263 
           
Machinery (2.25%)          
Dover Corp.   26,689    2,503,428 
Oshkosh Corp.   90,500    6,799,265 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   39,000    6,693,180 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   51,049    6,951,342 
Wabtec Corp.   14,772    1,088,992 
Xylem, Inc.   73,500    5,809,440 
         29,845,647 
Professional Services (0.88%)          
IHS Markit, Ltd.(a)   97,900    5,323,802 
TransUnion   94,400    6,309,696 
         11,633,498 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (20.60%)          
Communications Equipment (0.65%)          
Cisco Systems, Inc.   159,700    8,622,203 
           
IT Services (6.97%)          
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.   53,506    8,547,048 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   95,884    6,946,796 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)   40,306    9,939,057 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   38,355    9,030,685 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   270,731    28,112,707 
Visa, Inc., Class A   191,686    29,939,436 
         92,515,729 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.28%)          
Broadcom Ltd.   28,600    8,600,306 
Intel Corp.   155,800    8,366,460 
Microchip Technology, Inc.(c)   89,000    7,383,440 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)        
NVIDIA Corp.   33,143   $5,951,157 
         30,301,363 
Software (10.18%)          
Adobe, Inc.(a)   105,745    28,179,985 
ANSYS, Inc.(a)   40,500    7,399,755 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)   70,808    11,033,303 
Intuit, Inc.   37,307    9,752,423 
Microsoft Corp.   192,875    22,747,677 
Oracle Corp.   248,853    13,365,895 
salesforce.com, Inc.(a)   142,328    22,540,485 
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)   55,197    13,605,509 
Splunk, Inc.(a)   52,300    6,516,580 
         135,141,612 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.52%)          
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   446,563    6,890,467 
           
MATERIALS (3.07%)          
Chemicals (2.60%)          
DowDuPont, Inc.   131,331    7,001,255 
Ecolab, Inc.   73,157    12,915,137 
Linde PLC   46,429    8,168,254 
PPG Industries, Inc.   57,000    6,433,590 
         34,518,236 
Construction Materials (0.47%)          
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   31,000    6,236,580 
           
REAL ESTATE (3.80%)          
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (3.80%)          
American Tower Corp.   74,700    14,720,382 
Equinix, Inc.   41,681    18,888,162 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   36,800    4,206,240 
Equity Residential   112,200    8,450,904 
Sun Communities, Inc.   35,100    4,160,052 
         50,425,740 
UTILITIES (1.50%)          
Electric Utilities (1.08%)          
Edison International   231,988    14,364,697 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments. 

 

www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
Gas Utilities (0.42%)        
National Fuel Gas Co.   91,000   $5,547,360 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(COST OF $1,023,743,025)        1,289,395,295 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (2.92%)          
MONEY MARKET FUND (2.91%)          
State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund, 2.373%(d)          
(COST OF $38,586,847)   38,586,847    38,586,847 
           
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH COLLATERAL FROM          
SECURITIES LOANED (0.01%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 2.46%          
(COST OF $70,350)   70,350    70,350 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS          
(COST OF $38,657,197)        38,657,197 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.02%)          
(COST OF $1,062,400,222)        1,328,052,492 
           
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-0.02%)        (259,177)
           
NET ASSETS (100.00%)       $1,327,793,315 
           
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE          
(202,620,825 SHARES OUTSTANDING)       $6.55 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)American Depositary Receipt.
(c)Security, or a portion of the security position, is currently on loan. The total market value of securities on loan is $7,450,799.
(d)Rate reflects seven-day effective yield on March 31, 2019.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Security Valuation

Equity securities are valued at the last sale price at the close of the principal exchange on which they trade, except for securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), which are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted securities or listed securities for which there were no sales during the day are valued at the closing bid price on such exchanges or over-the-counter markets.

 

Cash collateral from securities lending activity is reinvested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which operates as a money market fund in compliance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Shares of registered investment companies are valued daily at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

 

The Fund’s investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). When market quotations are not readily available, or in management’s judgment they do not accurately reflect fair value of a security, or an event occurs after the market close but before the Fund is priced that materially affects the value of a security, the security will be valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee using fair valuation procedures established by the Board. Examples of potentially significant events that could materially impact a Fund’s net asset value include, but are not limited to: single issuer events such as corporate actions, reorganizations, mergers, spin-offs, liquidations, acquisitions and buyouts; corporate announcements on earnings or product offerings; regulatory news; and litigation and multiple issuer events such as governmental actions; natural disasters or armed conflicts that affect a country or a region; or significant market fluctuations. Potential significant events are monitored by the Advisor, ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”), Sub-Advisers and/or the Valuation Committee through independent reviews of market indicators, general news sources and communications from the Fund’s custodian. As of March 31, 2019, the Fund held no securities that were fair valued.

 

Security Transactions

Security transactions are recorded on trade date. Cost is determined and gains/(losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

 

Income Recognition

Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Corporate actions and dividend income are recorded on the ex-date.

 

The Fund estimates components of distributions from real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments. Once the REIT reports annually the tax character of its distributions, the Fund revises its estimates. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, any distributions received in excess of income are recorded as realized gains.

 

Lending of Portfolio Securities

The Fund may lend its portfolio securities only to borrowers that are approved by the Fund’s securities lending agent, State Street Bank & Trust Co. (“SSB”). The Fund will limit such lending to not more than 30% of the value of its total assets. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash (U.S. Dollar only), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or by irrevocable bank letters of credit issued by a person other than the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of no less than 102% of the market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of no less than 105% of the market value for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a market value equal to no less than 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

 

 

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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Any cash collateral received is reinvested in a money market fund managed by SSB as disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. Non-cash collateral, in the form of securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, is not disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments as it is held by the lending agent on behalf of the Fund, and the Fund does not have the ability to re-hypothecate these securities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s securities lending positions and related cash and non-cash collateral received as of March 31, 2019:

 

Market Value of Securities on Loan Cash Collateral Received Non-Cash Collateral Received Total Collateral Received
$ 7,450,799 $ 70,350 $ 7,387,000 $ 7,457,350

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by SSB. SSB’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent wherein SSB will purchase the unreturned loaned securities on the open market by applying the proceeds of the collateral, or to the extent such proceeds are insufficient or the collateral is unavailable, SSB will purchase the unreturned loan securities at SSB’s expense. However, the Fund could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

 

Fair Value Measurements

The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available. 

 

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

Equity securities that are valued based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the mean of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices on such day and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Investments in shares of registered investment companies are valued at their closing NAV each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments.

 

These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1 Unadjusted  quoted  prices  in  active  markets  for  identical  investments,  unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
   
Level 2 Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
   
Level 3 Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2019:

 

   Valuation Inputs     
Investments in Securities at Value*  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks  $1,289,395,295  $     $   $1,289,395,295 
Short Term Investments   38,657,197            38,657,197 
Total  $1,328,052,492  $     $   $1,328,052,492 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.

 

The Fund did not have any securities which used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value during the period.

 

 

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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Indemnification

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnities. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims against the Fund. Also, under the Fund’s organizational documents and by contract, the Trustees and Officers of the Fund are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of their duties to the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be minimal.

 

 

First Quarter Report (Unaudited) | March 31, 2019