Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
USA
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Howard Roy Gleicher
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 1290 Broadway Denver CO United States of America 80203
- IPO Date
- Oct 24, 1986
- CIK
- 0000799195
- Website
- all-starfunds.com
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- Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE: USA) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks total investment return through long-term capital appreciation and current income. The Fund employs a multi-manager strategy, allocating its portfolio assets on an approximately equal basis among five independent investment management organizations—three value-style managers (Aristotle Capital Management, LLC; Fiduciary Management, Inc.; and Pzena Investment Management, LLC) and two growth-style managers (Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP; and TCW Investment Management Company)—each applying distinct investment philosophies to large-cap U.S. equity securities across diverse sectors including information technology, financials, health care, consumer discretionary, and industrials; under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in such equity securities, with up to 20% in short-term money market instruments. ALPS Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment advisor with ultimate authority, subject to Board oversight, to recommend the hiring, termination, and replacement of these sub-advisers, while the Fund maintains a distribution policy targeting approximately 10% of net asset value annually, paid in four quarterly installments of 2.5% each, which may include ordinary income, capital gains, or return of capital. Founded in 1986 and domiciled in the United States, the Fund is headquartered at 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203, with operations focused on U.S. individual and institutional investors seeking core large-cap equity exposure benchmarked against indices such as the S&P 500. In recent developments, the Fund added Arista Networks, Inc. to its portfolio as a new holding in September 2025, reflecting ongoing active management adjustments amid market conditions, while maintaining top holdings such as NVIDIA Corp., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet, Inc.; it continues to report quarterly updates on performance, sector allocations (e.g., 25.3% in information technology and 19.2% in financials as of September 30, 2025), and net assets of approximately $2.08 billion, with no major acquisitions, mergers, or structural changes announced in the past 1-2 years.