BOSTON, Aug. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Below is the July 2017 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund.
(NYSE:USA)
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| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
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Monthly Update |
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| Ticker: USA |
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July, 2017 |
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| 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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| (30.0% of equity portfolio) |
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| (Rank from previous
month) |
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| 1 |
Facebook, Inc., Class A (2) |
2.3 |
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Alphabet, Inc., Class C (1) |
2.2 |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (3) |
2.0 |
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Salesforce.com, Inc. (4) |
1.9 |
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Amazon.com, Inc. (5) |
1.8 |
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Mondelez International, Inc., Class A (6) |
1.8 |
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The Priceline Group, Inc. (8) |
1.7 |
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Adobe Systems, Inc. (7) |
1.7 |
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Oracle Corp. (9) |
1.4 |
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Equinix, Inc. (13) |
1.4 |
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Chubb Ltd. (11) |
1.4 |
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Bank of America Corp. (12) |
1.3 |
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State Street Corp. (15) |
1.3 |
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Starbucks Corp. (10) |
1.3 |
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Lowe's Companies., Inc. (14) |
1.3 |
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (17) |
1.1 |
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American Tower Corp. (16) |
1.1 |
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Intel Corp. (19) |
1.0 |
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Celgene Corp. (20) |
1.0 |
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Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (24) |
1.0 |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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| Monthly Performance |
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| Performance |
NAV |
Market Price |
Discount |
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| Beginning of month value |
$6.52 |
$5.66 |
-13.2% |
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| Distributions (Ex-Date July 26) |
$0.13 |
$0.13 |
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| End of month value |
$6.53 |
$5.72 |
-12.4% |
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| Performance for month |
2.43% |
3.36% |
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| Performance year-to-date |
14.11% |
18.74% |
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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.
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| Net Assets at Month-End
($millions) |
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| Total |
$1,245.5 |
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| Equities |
$1,237.6 |
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| Percent Invested |
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99.4% |
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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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17.6% |
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| Health Care |
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16.1% |
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| Consumer Discretionary |
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11.7% |
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| Energy |
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8.1% |
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| Consumer Staples |
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7.7% |
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| Industrials |
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6.0% |
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| Materials |
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3.3% |
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| Real Estate |
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3.1% |
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| Utilities |
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1.3% |
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| Telecommunication Services |
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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______________________ |
Holdings
Liquidated______________________ |
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| Ulta Beauty, Inc. |
Corning, Inc. |
| West Pharmaceutical Services |
Time Warner, Inc. |
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Whole Foods Market, Inc. |
Liberty All-Star Funds 1-800-241-1850
