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 ≈ $5.92.
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 162 |
| Q4 2022 | 175 |
| Q1 2023 | 167 |
| Q2 2023 | 168 |
| Q3 2023 | 177 |
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 |
| Q3 2023 | 94 | 47 |
Biggest buyers
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC | New | +478.9k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | Added | +324.0k |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | New | +264.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC | Added | +166.9k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | Added | +117.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +108.1k |
| Bensler, LLC | Added | +65.1k |
| Elequin Capital, LP | Added | +62.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +52.9k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | Added | +35.5k |
Biggest sellers
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -788.4k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -124.0k |
| CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. | Reduced | -100.7k |
| Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -78.0k |
| Mariner, LLC | Reduced | -40.2k |
| Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC | Sold out | -34.1k |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC | Reduced | -27.4k |
| Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. | Reduced | -24.9k |
| LEVEL FOUR ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC | Sold out | -16.4k |
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $6.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-18 | MILAS ROBERT Access Person of the Fund · Shares of Beneficial Interest | Bought | $3.0k500 shares |
| 2023-08-29 | Irvin Milton M Director · Shares of Beneficial Interest | Bought | $6.3k1.0k 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7m $21.8m | Added +28.6k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $13.8m | Added +166.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $9.9m | Added +24.5k |
| Bensler, LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 1.3m $7.7m | Added +65.1k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.6m | Reduced -788.4k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $6.4m | Added +324.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $6.0m | Added +108.1k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 956.7k $5.7m | Added +4.9k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 807.9k $4.8m | Added +117.5k |
| Integrated Advisors Network LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 788.4k $4.7m | Reduced -27.4k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 736.7k $4.4m | Added +26.9k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 668.8k $4.0m | Added +30.1k |
| Financial Advocates Investment Management 0.21% of their portfolio | 486.6k $2.9m | Added +8.5k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 478.9k $2.8m | New |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 464.6k $2.8m | Reduced -8.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 461.7k $2.7m | Added +33.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 443.5k $2.6m | Added +9.5k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 373.0k $2.2m | Unchanged |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 359.4k $2.1m | Added +35.5k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 339.1k $2.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 326.9k $1.9m | Added +25.2k |
| Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 284.2k $1.7m | Reduced -78.0k |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 272.6k $1.6m | Reduced -7.2k |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 270.0k $1.6m | Added +20.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 269.2k $1.6m | Added +14.3k |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC 0.73% of their portfolio | 264.8k $1.6m | New |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.7k $1.3m | Reduced -3.1k |
| CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 166.8k $988.0k | Reduced -100.7k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.01% of their portfolio | 166.4k $985.2k | Added +11.1k |
| WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 165.9k $982.0k | Reduced -3.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.8k $969.4k | Added +19.3k |
| KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 161.2k $954.3k | Added +9.3k |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 158.6k $938.8k | Unchanged |
| Lido Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 156.0k $923.7k | Added +4.1k |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.6k $885.0k | Reduced -7.0k |
| BARTLETT & CO. WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.6k $885.4k | Reduced -7.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 132.4k $783.8k | Reduced -1.3m |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.2k $765.1k | Reduced -40.2k |
| RB Capital Management, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 128.5k $757.0k | Added +618 |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 127.2k $753.2k | Added +12.1k |
| B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 126.6k $749.4k | Added +18.6k |
| Clear Creek Financial Management, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 125.5k $743.2k | Unchanged |
| Elequin Capital, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 125.0k $740.2k | Added +62.6k |
| Ascentis Independent Advisors 0.19% of their portfolio | 115.0k $680.9k | Reduced -3.1k |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 110.7k $655.6k | Added +29.5k |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.6k $648.6k | Added +2.1k |
| Stockman Wealth Management, Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 99.6k $589.4k | Reduced -8.9k |
| AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.9k $514.5k | Reduced -14.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.6k $483.1k | Added +20.4k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.0k $479.2k | Added +7.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.8k $478.5k | Reduced -2.9k |
| Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 79.1k $468.2k | Reduced -1.1k |
| WealthTrust Asset Management, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 74.3k $440.0k | Added +841 |
| Samalin Investment Counsel, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 67.0k $396.6k | Added +3.3k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.5k $388.0k | Reduced -12.0k |
| Sage Capital Advisors,llc 0.14% of their portfolio | 65.1k $385.6k | Added +3.4k |
| Eudaimonia Partners, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 64.2k $380.2k | Added +260 |
| AE Wealth Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.3k $345.0k | Added +8.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.1k $326.0k | Reduced -399 |
| Quantum Private Wealth, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 54.7k $323.9k | Unchanged |
| Sunesis Advisors, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 52.9k $313.2k | First filing |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.9k $312.9k | New |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.4k $304.1k | Added +48 |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.0k $295.9k | Added +8.3k |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 48.8k $288.7k | Added +2.0k |
| DFPG INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 47.9k $288.0k | Added +728 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.5k $269.2k | Reduced -2.5k |
| MSH Capital Advisors LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 42.5k $251.7k | Reduced -1.0k |
| BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS & COMPANY, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.1k $244.0k | Reduced -1.2k |
| Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. 0.11% of their portfolio | 41.0k $234.3k | Reduced -24.9k |
| Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 37.5k $222.1k | Added +937 |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.3k $209.0k | Added +11.7k |
| Altus Wealth Group LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 35.3k $208.7k | Unchanged |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.2k $208.5k | New |
| RAYMOND JAMES TRUST N.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.8k $199.9k | Reduced -1.0k |
| David J Yvars Group 0.16% of their portfolio | 31.4k $186.2k | Added +787 |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 30.1k $178.1k | Reduced -516 |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.1k $172.2k | Added +4.4k |
| STEPHENS INC /AR/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $158.6k | Reduced -647 |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $155.7k | New |
| Shulman DeMeo Asset Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 26.0k $154.0k | Reduced -2.1k |
| Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.0k $155.0k | New |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.8k $152.9k | New |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.6k $151.5k | Reduced -1.3k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $148.4k | Added +624 |
| Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.0k $147.9k | Added +4.7k |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.9k $147.6k | Reduced -701 |
| Relative Value Partners Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.9k $147.1k | Reduced -760 |
| BUCKINGHAM STRATEGIC WEALTH, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.1k $142.7k | Added +2.3k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $137.4k | Unchanged |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.1k $137.0k | Added +2.8k |
| PRIMORIS WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 22.8k $135.1k | Added +31 |
| OLIVER LAGORE VANVALIN INVESTMENT GROUP 0.05% of their portfolio | 22.6k $133.9k | Added +3.5k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $133.0k | Added +2.9k |
| Meridian Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.7k $128.5k | Added +10.9k |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.1k $125.2k | Unchanged |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.4k $120.9k | New |
| Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.9k $117.6k | Added +82 |
| Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.7k $116.9k | Unchanged |
| Lokken Investment Group LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 18.9k $111.7k | Added +1 |