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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (97.98%)          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (7.62%)          
Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.24%)          
AT&T, Inc.   217,400   $6,337,210 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   132,200    7,103,106 
         13,440,316 
Entertainment (0.46%)          
Walt Disney Co.   51,700    4,994,220 
           
Interactive Media & Services (4.98%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)   20,753    24,131,796 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)   123,709    20,634,661 
Match Group, Inc.(a)(b)   81,784    5,401,016 
Twitter, Inc.(a)   155,000    3,806,800 
         53,974,273 
Media (0.94%)          
Comcast Corp., Class A   156,965    5,396,456 
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.   293,283    4,748,252 
         10,144,708 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (12.61%)          
Auto Components (0.59%)          
Lear Corp.   79,050    6,422,813 
           
Automobiles (0.56%)          
Ford Motor Co.   1,264,387    6,106,989 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.83%)          
Carnival Corp.   25,012    329,408 
Yum! Brands, Inc.   126,362    8,659,588 
         8,988,996 
Household Durables (2.01%)          
Lennar Corp., Class A   110,000    4,202,000 
Lennar Corp., Class B   2,500    72,300 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)   55,744    4,249,923 
Newell Brands, Inc.   494,422    6,565,924 
Sony Corp.(c)   113,000    6,687,340 
         21,777,487 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (3.49%)          
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   15,702    30,614,504 
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)   5,345    7,190,735 
         37,805,239 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Multiline Retail (0.58%)          
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)   85,200   $6,259,644 
           
Specialty Retail (2.88%)          
Home Depot, Inc.   56,020    10,459,494 
Lowe's Cos., Inc.   72,700    6,255,835 
TJX Cos., Inc.   140,036    6,695,121 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)   44,244    7,773,671 
         31,184,121 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.67%)          
Gildan Activewear, Inc.   275,105    3,510,340 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   131,279    10,862,024 
PVH Corp.   97,564    3,672,309 
         18,044,673 
CONSUMER STAPLES (4.20%)          
Beverages (0.58%)          
Coca-Cola Co.   142,000    6,283,500 
           
Food & Staples Retailing (0.91%)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   23,166    6,605,321 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.   71,000    3,248,250 
         9,853,571 
Food Products (2.37%)          
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   180,700    6,357,026 
Conagra Brands, Inc.   249,814    7,329,543 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A   144,500    7,236,560 
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   81,000    4,687,470 
         25,610,599 
Personal Products (0.34%)          
Unilever NV   76,396    3,727,361 
           
ENERGY (3.51%)          
Energy Equipment & Services (1.38%)          
Baker Hughes Co.   457,459    4,803,320 
Halliburton Co.   833,074    5,706,557 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   452,139    4,444,526 
         14,954,403 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (2.13%)          
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   359,000    6,171,210 
Cenovus Energy, Inc.   528,447    1,067,463 
ConocoPhillips   132,600    4,084,080 
Marathon Oil Corp.   358,191    1,178,448 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)          
Occidental Petroleum Corp.   198,100   $2,293,998 
Phillips 66   70,000    3,755,500 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   25,500    1,788,825 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A(b)(c)   77,126    2,690,926 
         23,030,450 
FINANCIALS (13.47%)          
Banks (4.62%)          
Bank of America Corp.   499,986    10,614,703 
BOK Financial Corp.   42,000    1,787,520 
Citigroup, Inc.   161,935    6,820,702 
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   70,875    3,568,556 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   38,000    2,120,020 
East West Bancorp, Inc.   94,300    2,427,282 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   106,588    9,596,118 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(b)(c)   650,000    2,379,000 
Truist Financial Corp.   154,500    4,764,780 
Wells Fargo & Co.   206,430    5,924,541 
         50,003,222 
Capital Markets (3.42%)          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   48,500    4,970,280 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   160,400    5,402,272 
Charles Schwab Corp.   118,300    3,977,246 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   31,782    4,913,180 
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   169,926    3,988,163 
Morgan Stanley   177,414    6,032,076 
S&P Global, Inc.   19,600    4,802,980 
UBS Group AG   325,600    3,015,056 
         37,101,253 
Consumer Finance (0.86%)          
Capital One Financial Corp.   184,839    9,319,582 
           
Diversified Financial Services (0.85%)          
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   361,946    5,230,120 
Voya Financial, Inc.   97,006    3,933,593 
         9,163,713 
Insurance (3.72%)          
Allstate Corp.   71,300    6,540,349 
American International Group, Inc.   425,181    10,310,639 
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.   89,225    3,448,546 
Chubb, Ltd.   76,133    8,503,295 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.   74,800    6,467,208 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Insurance (continued)          
MetLife, Inc.   166,053   $5,076,240 
         40,346,277 
HEALTH CARE (17.09%)          
Biotechnology (2.25%)          
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   18,100    1,625,199 
Amgen, Inc.   62,387    12,647,717 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)   42,800    3,616,600 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   13,170    6,430,779 
         24,320,295 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (6.27%)          
Abbott Laboratories   189,378    14,943,818 
Alcon, Inc.(a)   104,500    5,310,690 
Align Technology, Inc.(a)   24,449    4,252,904 
Becton Dickinson and Co.   31,972    7,346,206 
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)   173,257    5,653,376 
Danaher Corp.   122,082    16,897,370 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)   14,539    7,199,858 
Medtronic PLC   70,000    6,312,600 
         67,916,822 
Health Care Providers & Services (3.79%)          
Cardinal Health, Inc.   226,853    10,875,333 
Cigna Corp.   41,557    7,363,069 
CVS Health Corp.   118,100    7,006,873 
McKesson Corp.   47,563    6,433,371 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   37,637    9,385,915 
         41,064,561 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.24%)          
Illumina, Inc.(a)   49,374    13,485,027 
           
Pharmaceuticals (3.54%)          
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)   52,793    1,182,035 
Johnson & Johnson   56,600    7,421,958 
Merck & Co., Inc.   95,100    7,316,994 
Mylan NV(a)   205,038    3,057,117 
Novartis AG(c)   68,000    5,606,600 
Pfizer, Inc.   191,300    6,244,032 
Zoetis, Inc.   64,000    7,532,160 
         38,360,896 
INDUSTRIALS (8.68%)          
Aerospace & Defense (1.52%)          
General Dynamics Corp.   34,000    4,498,540 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Aerospace & Defense (continued)          
Northrop Grumman Corp.   22,700   $6,867,885 
Raytheon Co.   39,000    5,114,850 
         16,481,275 
Building Products (0.91%)          
Allegion PLC   61,000    5,613,220 
Johnson Controls International PLC   156,000    4,205,760 
         9,818,980 
Commercial Services & Supplies (0.52%)          
Waste Connections, Inc.   57,600    4,464,000 
Waste Management, Inc.   12,925    1,196,338 
         5,660,338 
Industrial Conglomerates (0.85%)          
General Electric Co.   1,156,537    9,182,904 
           
Machinery (3.25%)          
Caterpillar, Inc.   32,639    3,787,430 
Oshkosh Corp.   90,500    5,821,865 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   37,000    4,800,010 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.   51,049    5,104,900 
Wabtec Corp.   121,364    5,841,249 
Xylem, Inc.   151,100    9,841,143 
         35,196,597 
Professional Services (1.63%)          
IHS Markit, Ltd.   192,570    11,554,200 
TransUnion   93,200    6,167,976 
         17,722,176 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (23.49%)          
Communications Equipment (0.56%)          
Cisco Systems, Inc.   155,600    6,116,636 
           
IT Services (6.54%)          
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   119,301    5,543,918 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)   39,260    7,323,560 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   33,186    8,016,410 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   259,746    24,868,082 
Visa, Inc., Class A   155,790    25,100,885 
         70,852,855 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (3.29%)          
ASML Holding N.V.   15,980    4,181,007 
Broadcom Ltd.   27,300    6,472,830 
Intel Corp.   127,400    6,894,888 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)          
Microchip Technology, Inc.   81,800   $5,546,040 
NVIDIA Corp.   27,943    7,365,775 
Xilinx, Inc.   65,989    5,143,183 
         35,603,723 
Software (12.64%)          
Adobe, Inc.(a)   97,478    31,021,399 
ANSYS, Inc.(a)   39,000    9,066,330 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)   59,823    9,338,370 
Intuit, Inc.   28,995    6,668,850 
Microsoft Corp.   155,059    24,454,355 
Oracle Corp.   132,400    6,398,892 
salesforce.com, Inc.(a)   136,502    19,653,558 
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)   45,281    12,976,629 
Splunk, Inc.(a)   48,200    6,084,286 
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a)   20,525    3,961,325 
Workday, Inc., Class A(a)   55,938    7,284,246 
         136,908,240 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.46%)          
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   509,076    4,943,128 
           
MATERIALS (2.69%)          
Chemicals (2.22%)          
Corteva, Inc.   242,000    5,687,000 
Dow Chemical Co.   50,246    1,469,193 
Ecolab, Inc.   40,519    6,314,076 
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.   145,151    4,949,649 
Linde PLC   26,504    4,585,192 
RPM International, Inc.   17,090    1,016,855 
         24,021,965 
Construction Materials (0.47%)          
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   27,000    5,109,210 
           
REAL ESTATE (3.93%)          
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (3.93%)          
American Tower Corp.   62,900    13,696,475 
Equinix, Inc.   24,727    15,443,742 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   60,000    3,448,800 
Equity Residential   101,600    6,269,736 
Sun Communities, Inc.   30,000    3,745,500 
         42,604,253 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
UTILITIES (0.69%)          
Electric Utilities (0.69%)          
Edison International   135,771   $7,438,893 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(COST OF $1,088,399,981)        1,061,346,184 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (2.61%)          
MONEY MARKET FUND (1.92%)          
State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund, 0.337%(d)          
(COST OF $20,831,077)   20,831,077    20,831,077 
           
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED (0.69%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.24%          
(COST OF $7,453,785)   7,453,785    7,453,785 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS          
(COST OF $28,284,862)        28,284,862 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.59%)          
(COST OF $1,116,684,843)        1,089,631,046 
           
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-0.59%)        (6,397,037)
           
NET ASSETS (100.00%)       $1,083,234,009 
           
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE          
(210,760,961 SHARES OUTSTANDING)       $5.14 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security, or a portion of the security position, is currently on loan. The total market value of securities on loan is $7,793,971.
(c) American Depositary Receipt.
(d) Rate reflects seven-day effective yield on March 31, 2020.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (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 (“State Street Navigator”), 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, 2020, 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, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Any cash collateral received is reinvested in State Street Navigator. 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, 2020:

 

Market Value of Securities
on Loan
Cash
 Collateral Received
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received
Total
Collateral Received
$ 7,793,971 $ 7,453,785 $ 741,673 $ 8,195,458

 

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, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (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, 2020:

 

   Valuation Inputs     
Investments in Securities at
Value
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks*  $1,061,346,184   $   $   $1,061,346,184 
Short Term Investments   28,284,862            28,284,862 
Total  $1,089,631,046   $   $   $1,089,631,046 

 

*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.

 

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.

   
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