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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
 

September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (98.03%)        
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (4.74%)
Entertainment (0.56%)
Netflix, Inc.(a)   34,247   $8,063,114 
           
Interactive Media & Services (3.58%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)   129,440    12,380,936 
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)   285,700    27,470,055 
Match Group, Inc.(a)   104,207    4,975,884 
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)   52,535    7,127,949 
         51,954,824 
Media (0.60%)          
Omnicom Group, Inc.   138,145    8,715,568 
           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (15.12%)          
Auto Components (1.32%)          
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA(b)   455,680    5,064,883 
Lear Corp.   117,329    14,043,108 
         19,107,991 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.36%)          
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)   10,495    17,245,489 
Starbucks Corp.   83,145    7,005,798 
Yum! Brands, Inc.   94,078    10,004,254 
         34,255,541 
Household Durables (2.77%)          
Lennar Corp., Class A   107,200    7,991,760 
Lennar Corp., Class B   2,500    148,775 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)   67,297    6,136,814 
Newell Brands, Inc.   670,289    9,310,314 
Sony Group Corp.(b)   258,736    16,572,041 
         40,159,704 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (2.40%)          
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   308,761    34,889,993 
           
Multiline Retail (2.27%)          
Dollar General Corp.   82,428    19,771,180 
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)   96,595    13,146,580 
         32,917,760 
Specialty Retail (2.04%)          
CarMax, Inc.(a)   115,361    7,616,133 
Home Depot, Inc.   26,980    7,444,861 
TJX Cos., Inc.   123,846    7,693,314 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Specialty Retail (continued)          
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)   17,071   $6,848,714 
         29,603,022 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.96%)          
Gildan Activewear, Inc.   377,917    10,683,714 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   58,560    4,867,507 
PVH Corp.   107,324    4,808,115 
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)   254,954    8,087,141 
         28,446,477 
CONSUMER STAPLES (3.24%)          
Beverages (1.00%)          
Coca-Cola Co.   135,500    7,590,710 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A   30,300    6,959,304 
         14,550,014 
Food & Staples Retailing (0.64%)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   19,716    9,311,275 
           
Food Products (0.34%)          
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A   74,900    4,938,157 
           
Household Products (0.48%)          
Procter & Gamble Co.   54,600    6,893,250 
           
Personal Products (0.78%)          
Unilever PLC(b)   258,896    11,350,001 
           
ENERGY (2.78%)          
Energy Equipment & Services (1.28%)          
Halliburton Co.   264,253    6,505,909 
NOV, Inc.   429,929    6,956,251 
Schlumberger NV   139,668    5,014,081 
         18,476,241 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (1.50%)          
Coterra Energy, Inc.   326,100    8,517,732 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   54,865    4,790,263 
Phillips 66   65,400    5,279,088 
Shell PLC(b)   64,587    3,213,849 
         21,800,932 
FINANCIALS (18.91%)          
Banks (4.71%)          
Bank of America Corp.   221,632    6,693,286 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
 

September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Banks (continued)          
Citigroup, Inc.   322,309   $13,430,616 
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.   70,200    4,644,432 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   54,700    7,232,434 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   114,623    11,978,104 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(b)   759,100    3,415,950 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.   48,200    7,202,044 
Wells Fargo & Co.   341,937    13,752,706 
         68,349,572 
Capital Markets (6.69%)          
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   32,400    8,163,180 
BlackRock, Inc.   10,898    5,996,951 
Blackstone Group LP   83,200    6,963,840 
Charles Schwab Corp.   340,079    24,441,478 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.   16,458    4,823,017 
MSCI, Inc.   29,429    12,412,858 
Northern Trust Corp.   119,714    10,242,730 
S&P Global, Inc.   67,733    20,682,271 
UBS Group AG(c)   231,175    3,354,349 
         97,080,674 
Consumer Finance (1.67%)          
American Express Co.   54,492    7,351,516 
Capital One Financial Corp.   182,101    16,784,249 
         24,135,765 
Diversified Financial Services (2.44%)          
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)   66,648    17,796,349 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.   371,413    9,786,733 
Voya Financial, Inc.   129,803    7,853,081 
         35,436,163 
Insurance (3.40%)          
American International Group, Inc.   198,368    9,418,513 
Arch Capital Group, Ltd.(a)   182,061    8,291,058 
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.   171,252    8,417,036 
Cincinnati Financial Corp.   71,000    6,359,470 
MetLife, Inc.   175,534    10,668,956 
Progressive Corp.   53,520    6,219,559 
         49,374,592 
HEALTH CARE (13.67%)          
Biotechnology (1.33%)          
Amgen, Inc.   36,600    8,249,640 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   16,011    11,029,498 
         19,279,138 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.63%)          
Abbott Laboratories   55,841   $5,403,175 
Alcon, Inc.   101,700    5,916,906 
Align Technology, Inc.(a)   19,546    4,048,172 
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)   151,897    5,882,971 
Dexcom, Inc.(a)   68,444    5,512,480 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)   42,636    7,991,692 
Koninklijke Philips NV   316,403    4,869,442 
Medtronic PLC   67,700    5,466,775 
Smith & Nephew PLC(b)(c)   327,567    7,606,105 
         52,697,718 
Health Care Providers & Services (3.42%)          
Cardinal Health, Inc.   88,179    5,879,775 
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA(b)   748,421    10,507,831 
McKesson Corp.   18,648    6,337,896 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   53,219    26,877,724 
         49,603,226 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (3.21%)          
Danaher Corp.   84,249    21,760,674 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)   82,812    15,000,566 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   19,493    9,886,655 
         46,647,895 
Pharmaceuticals (2.08%)          
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   144,486    10,271,510 
Merck & Co., Inc.   86,330    7,434,740 
Pfizer, Inc.   95,506    4,179,342 
Zoetis, Inc.   55,850    8,281,996 
         30,167,588 
INDUSTRIALS (8.28%)          
Aerospace & Defense (0.46%)          
General Dynamics Corp.   31,200    6,619,704 
           
Building Products (1.60%)          
Carlisle Companies, Inc.   39,110    10,966,835 
Masco Corp.   262,500    12,256,125 
         23,222,960 
Commercial Services & Supplies (0.45%)          
Waste Connections, Inc.   48,650    6,574,075 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Electrical Equipment (0.51%)          
Eaton Corp. PLC   55,793   $7,440,554 
           
Industrial Conglomerates (1.56%)          
General Electric Co.   248,922    15,410,761 
Honeywell International, Inc.   43,300    7,229,801 
         22,640,562 
Machinery (2.76%)          
Oshkosh Corp.   58,000    4,076,820 
PACCAR, Inc.   136,923    11,459,086 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   32,100    7,778,151 
Wabtec Corp.   117,119    9,527,631 
Xylem, Inc.   82,200    7,180,992 
         40,022,680 
Professional Services (0.33%)          
TransUnion   81,400    4,842,486 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors (0.61%)          
Ferguson PLC(c)   85,481    8,798,559 
           
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (20.87%)          
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.80%)          
CDW Corp.   74,599    11,643,412 
           
IT Services (5.31%)          
Amdocs, Ltd.   120,107    9,542,501 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   204,848    11,766,469 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)   38,829    6,840,505 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   30,196    8,585,931 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   89,852    7,733,562 
Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a)   21,125    3,590,405 
Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)   42,044    2,906,922 
Visa, Inc., Class A   147,242    26,157,541 
         77,123,836 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (3.34%)          
ASML Holding N.V.   13,944    5,791,640 
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)   23,346    6,477,815 
Microchip Technology, Inc.   136,000    8,300,080 
Micron Technology, Inc.   196,933    9,866,343 
NVIDIA Corp.   82,967    10,071,364 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)          
QUALCOMM, Inc.   70,000   $7,908,600 
         48,415,842 
Software (11.02%)          
Adobe, Inc.(a)   73,603    20,255,546 
ANSYS, Inc.(a)   33,500    7,426,950 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)   95,619    17,861,629 
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)   31,587    5,205,853 
Intuit, Inc.   27,230    10,546,724 
Microsoft Corp.   166,953    38,883,354 
Salesforce, Inc.(a)   135,874    19,544,116 
SAP SE(b)   106,599    8,661,169 
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)   36,715    13,863,951 
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a)   103,711    6,196,732 
Workday, Inc., Class A(a)   75,064    11,426,242 
         159,872,266 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.40%)          
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.   490,898    5,880,958 
           
MATERIALS (5.51%)          
Chemicals (3.64%)          
Corteva, Inc.   217,400    12,424,410 
Dow Chemical Co.   240,071    10,546,319 
Ecolab, Inc.   112,000    16,175,040 
RPM International, Inc.   83,400    6,948,054 
Sherwin-Williams Co.   33,012    6,759,207 
         52,853,030 
Construction Materials (0.59%)          
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   26,700    8,599,803 
           
Containers & Packaging (1.28%)          
Avery Dennison Corp.   62,911    10,235,620 
Ball Corp.   172,278    8,324,473 
         18,560,093 
REAL ESTATE (2.25%)          
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (2.25%)          
American Tower Corp.   54,800    11,765,560 
Crown Castle, Inc.   50,600    7,314,230 
Equinix, Inc.   15,917    9,054,226 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   72,445    4,552,444 
         32,686,460 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 
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September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

    SHARES    VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
UTILITIES (2.66%)          
Electric Utilities (2.13%)          
Edison International   176,722   $9,998,931 
NRG Energy, Inc.   336,915    12,893,737 
Xcel Energy, Inc.   124,034    7,938,176 
         30,830,844 
Gas Utilities (0.53%)          
Atmos Energy Corp.   76,000    7,740,600 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(COST OF $1,414,444,504)        1,422,574,919 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (2.78%)          
MONEY MARKET FUND (2.01%)          
State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund, 2.92%(d)          
(COST OF $29,155,181)   29,155,181    29,155,181 
           
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED (0.77%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 3.07%          
(COST OF $11,165,450)   11,165,450    11,165,450 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS          
(COST OF $40,320,631)        40,320,631 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.81%)          
(COST OF $1,454,765,135)        1,462,895,550 
           
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-0.81%)        (11,705,103)
           
NET ASSETS (100.00%)       $1,451,190,447 
           
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE          
(262,694,494 SHARES OUTSTANDING)       $5.52 

 

(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 $12,905,831.
(d) Rate reflects seven-day effective yield on September 30, 2022.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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

September 30, 2022 (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"). Effective September 8, 2022, the Board approved changes to the Fund's valuation policy to comply with Rule 2a-5 and designated ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the "Advisor") as the Fund's Valuation Designee (as defined in the rule). The Valuation Designee will be responsible determining fair value in good faith for any and all Fund investments, subject to oversight by 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 Advisor’s Valuation Committee using fair valuation procedures established by the Valuation Designee. 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, 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 September 30, 2022, 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.

 

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September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

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.

 

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 September 30, 2022:

 

Market Value of
Securities on Loan
   Cash
 Collateral Received
   Non-Cash
Collateral Received
   Total
Collateral Received
 
$12,905,831   $11,165,450   $2,008,125   $13,173,575 

 

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.

 

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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 September 30, 2022:

 

   Valuation Inputs      
Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks*  $1,422,574,919   $   $   $1,422,574,919 
Short Term Investments   40,320,631            40,320,631 
Total  $1,462,895,550   $   $   $1,462,895,550 

 

*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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Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund Description of Lipper Benchmark and Market Indices

(Unaudited)

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average  

A price-weighted measure of 30 U.S. blue-chip companies.

 

Lipper Large-Cap Core Mutual Fund Average 

The average of funds that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s U.S. domestic equity large-cap floor. These funds typically have average characteristics compared to the S&P 500® Index.

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

Measures all NASDAQ domestic and international based common type stocks listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

 

Russell 3000® Growth Index

Measures the performance of those Russell 3000® companies with lower book-to-price ratios and higher growth values. The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

Russell 3000® Value Index 

Measures the performance of those Russell 3000® companies with higher book-to-price ratios and lower growth values.

 

S&P 500® Index

A large-cap U.S. equities index that includes 500 leading companies and represents approximately 80% of the total domestic U.S. equity market capitalization.

 

An investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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