Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund March 2013 Monthly Update
Apr 16, 2013 09:36:24 (ET)
BOSTON, MA, Apr 16, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Below is the March 2013 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: USA March, 2013
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.59 $5.02 10.2%
Distributions - -
End of month value $5.80 $5.17 10.9%
Performance for month 3.76% 2.99%
Performance year-to-date 10.15% 10.12%
Returns calculated assuming distributions reinvested. Past performance
cannot predict future results.
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $1,080.1
Equities $1,053.0
Percent Invested 97.5%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(30.3% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.5%
2 Google, Inc., Class A (4) 2.3%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.2%
4 Citigroup, Inc. (6) 1.8%
5 Schlumberger Ltd. (5) 1.8%
6 ACE Ltd. (7) 1.7%
7 State Street Corp. (
1.5%
8 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (10) 1.4%
9 Visa, Inc., Class A (12) 1.4%
10 TE Connectivity Ltd. (9) 1.4%
11 MetLife, Inc. (13) 1.3%
12 Devon Energy Corp. (14) 1.3%
13 Hewlett-Packard Co. (15) 1.3%
14 Dell, Inc. (11) 1.3%
15 Microsoft Corp. (17) 1.2%
16 Salesforce.com, Inc. (27) 1.2%
17 Apple, Inc. (1) 1.2%
18 Bank of America Corp. (21) 1.2%
19 NVR, Inc. (20) 1.2%
20 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (1 1.1%
Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Financials 24.1%
Information Technology 20.9%
Energy 14.8%
Consumer Discretionary 12.5%
Health Care 9.6%
Industrials 7.3%
Consumer Staples 6.0%
Materials 2.6%
Telecommunication Services 1.2%
Utilities 1.0%
Total Market Value 100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
New Holdings
Aetna, Inc. Holdings Liquidated
Altera Corp. Avnet, Inc.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
Mondelez International, Inc.
Tiffany & Co.
Willis Group Holdings PLC
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com
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