LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FD USA
SH BEN INT · Closed-End Fund · CUSIP 530158104
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once. Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $6.47.
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 162 |
| Q4 2022 | 175 |
| Q1 2023 | 167 |
| Q2 2023 | 168 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 68 | 64 |
| Q1 2023 | 85 | 68 |
| Q2 2023 | 92 | 41 |
Biggest buyers
| LPL Financial LLC | Added | +537.3k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | Added | +286.0k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | Added | +195.0k |
| BARTLETT & CO. WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +156.0k |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC | Added | +156.0k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC | Added | +118.3k |
| Ascentis Independent Advisors | New | +118.1k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | Added | +111.2k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | Added | +91.0k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | New | +83.8k |
Biggest sellers
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | Reduced | -474.5k |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | Sold out | -175.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -142.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -86.7k |
| CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. | Reduced | -86.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -77.2k |
| Mutual Advisors, LLC | Sold out | -75.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -64.1k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Sold out | -54.6k |
| Relative Value Partners Group, LLC | Reduced | -25.6k |
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $19.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-07 | BURKE EDMUND J Trustee · Shares of Beneficial Interest | Bought | $15.3k2.5k shares |
| 2023-05-26 | PARMENTIER WILLIAM R JR Access Person of the Fund | Sold | $208.9k34.9k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7m $23.7m | Reduced -64.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $14.0m | Added +537.3k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.9m $12.3m | Added +118.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $10.7m | Added +78.4k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $9.3m | Reduced -142.4k |
| Bensler, LLC 1.51% of their portfolio | 1.2m $8.0m | Added +34.4k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 951.8k $6.2m | Added +195.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 907.5k $5.9m | Added +36.3k |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 815.8k $5.3m | Reduced -20.0k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 759.2k $4.9m | Added +91.0k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 709.9k $4.6m | Added +31.5k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 690.4k $4.5m | Added +111.2k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 638.7k $4.1m | Added +21.8k |
| Financial Advocates Investment Management 0.23% of their portfolio | 478.1k $3.1m | Added +44.0k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 472.7k $3.1m | Added +32.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 434.0k $2.8m | Added +18.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 428.4k $2.8m | Added +57.9k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 373.0k $2.4m | Unchanged |
| Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 362.2k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 342.7k $2.2m | Added +286.0k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 323.9k $2.1m | Added +7.2k |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 301.7k $2.0m | Reduced -775 |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 279.8k $1.8m | Added +4.3k |
| CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. 0.15% of their portfolio | 267.5k $1.7m | Reduced -86.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 254.9k $1.6m | Reduced -77.2k |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 250.0k $1.6m | Unchanged |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 218.8k $1.4m | Reduced -474.5k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.5k $1.1m | Added +61.1k |
| WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 169.4k $1.1m | Added +31.0k |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 158.6k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.6k $1.0m | Added +156.0k |
| BARTLETT & CO. WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 156.6k $1.0m | Added +156.0k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.4k $1.0m | Added +53 |
| Lido Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 151.9k $983.0k | Added +3.5k |
| KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 151.9k $982.9k | Added +4.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 144.5k $934.8k | Unchanged |
| RB Capital Management, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 127.9k $827.6k | Reduced -2.9k |
| Clear Creek Financial Management, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 125.5k $812.2k | Reduced -3.5k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.0k $802.5k | Reduced -6.9k |
| Ascentis Independent Advisors 0.21% of their portfolio | 118.1k $764.1k | New |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.1k $744.9k | Reduced -11.1k |
| Stockman Wealth Management, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 108.5k $702.0k | Unchanged |
| B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 108.0k $698.6k | Reduced -149 |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.5k $695.5k | Added +1.1k |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 101.8k $658.7k | Added +2.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.8k $542.0k | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 81.3k $525.8k | Added +40.0k |
| Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 80.2k $519.0k | Added +509 |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.5k $501.7k | Added +28.6k |
| WealthTrust Asset Management, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 73.5k $475.4k | Added +476 |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.2k $473.7k | Added +17.7k |
| Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. 0.17% of their portfolio | 65.9k $438.1k | Reduced -5.3k |
| Eudaimonia Partners, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 64.0k $413.9k | Added +339 |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 63.7k $411.9k | Added +11.1k |
| Elequin Capital, LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 62.4k $403.8k | Added +51.8k |
| Sage Capital Advisors,llc 0.14% of their portfolio | 61.7k $399.2k | Added +797 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.2k $396.0k | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.5k $358.9k | Reduced -86.7k |
| Quantum Private Wealth, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 54.7k $354.0k | Reduced -20.0k |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.3k $332.1k | First filing |
| AE Wealth Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.8k $322.3k | Reduced -651 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.9k $310.2k | Added +507 |
| DFPG INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 47.2k $330.4k | Added +4.5k |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 46.7k $302.4k | Unchanged |
| MSH Capital Advisors LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 43.5k $281.5k | Unchanged |
| BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS & COMPANY, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.4k $274.0k | Reduced -2.1k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.7k $269.8k | Added +1.8k |
| Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 36.6k $236.7k | Added +373 |
| Altus Wealth Group LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 35.3k $228.1k | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES TRUST N.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.8k $225.0k | Unchanged |
| Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.1k $220.4k | Added +16.2k |
| David J Yvars Group 0.16% of their portfolio | 30.7k $198.4k | Unchanged |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 30.6k $198.0k | Unchanged |
| Shulman DeMeo Asset Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 28.1k $182.1k | Unchanged |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.4k $177.5k | Added +589 |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.9k $174.2k | Added +235 |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.6k $165.8k | Added +1.9k |
| Relative Value Partners Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.6k $165.7k | Reduced -25.6k |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.7k $159.5k | Reduced -2.6k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.4k $158.2k | Added +590 |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.6k $153.0k | Added +158 |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $150.1k | Reduced -6.2k |
| PRIMORIS WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 22.8k $147.5k | Added +1.0k |
| BUCKINGHAM STRATEGIC WEALTH, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.8k $141.0k | Reduced -3.0k |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.1k $136.8k | Reduced -20.5k |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.3k $131.5k | Added +9.6k |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.3k $131.2k | Added +1.1k |
| Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.8k $128.0k | Added +77 |
| Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.7k $127.8k | Reduced -1.3k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.6k $126.6k | Added +207 |
| OLIVER LAGORE VANVALIN INVESTMENT GROUP 0.05% of their portfolio | 19.1k $123.5k | Added +2.5k |
| Lokken Investment Group LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 18.9k $122.1k | Added +1 |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.4k $118.8k | Added +446 |
| SAX WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 16.8k $108.4k | Unchanged |
| LEVEL FOUR ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.4k $105.9k | Added +362 |
| ECLECTIC ASSOCIATES INC /ADV 0.05% of their portfolio | 16.0k $103.5k | Unchanged |
| Beacon Capital Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.7k $101.5k | Added +376 |
| WEBSTER BANK, N. A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.5k $100.5k | Unchanged |
| CARY STREET PARTNERS INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.1k $97.9k | Unchanged |
| Graves Light Lenhart Wealth, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.0k $97.0k | Unchanged |