UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number:  811-04809

LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Alex J. Marks
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 623-2577

Date of fiscal year end:  December 31

Date of reporting period: January 1 – March 31, 2015

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.
 
Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (97.60%)
       
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (17.43%)
 
Auto Components (1.06%)
 
Johnson Controls, Inc.
   
154,000
   
$
7,767,760
 
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(a)
   
48,400
     
5,074,740
 
             
12,842,500
 
Automobiles (0.51%)
 
Ford Motor Co.
   
385,900
     
6,228,426
 
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (5.17%)
 
Carnival Corp.
   
247,850
     
11,857,144
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)
   
9,875
     
6,424,082
 
Marriott International, Inc., Class A
   
189,101
     
15,188,592
 
McDonald's Corp.
   
63,000
     
6,138,720
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
   
70,341
     
5,757,411
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
180,791
     
17,120,908
 
             
62,486,857
 
Household Durables (1.96%)
 
Lennar Corp., Class A
   
54,590
     
2,828,308
 
PulteGroup, Inc.
   
413,529
     
9,192,750
 
Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A(a)
   
71,159
     
1,483,665
 
Toll Brothers, Inc.(a)
   
258,677
     
10,176,353
 
             
23,681,076
 
Internet & Catalog Retail (2.05%)
 
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)
   
36,278
     
13,499,044
 
priceline.com, Inc.(a)
   
9,680
     
11,268,972
 
             
24,768,016
 
Media (3.29%)
 
CBS Corp., Class B
   
59,019
     
3,578,322
 
Comcast Corp., Class A
   
109,912
     
6,206,731
 
The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.
   
128,075
     
2,833,019
 
News Corp., Class A(a)
   
305,600
     
4,892,656
 
News Corp., Class B(a)
   
112,445
     
1,784,502
 
Omnicom Group, Inc.
   
93,825
     
7,316,474
 
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
   
24,956
     
3,740,405
 
The Walt Disney Co.
   
90,298
     
9,471,357
 
             
39,823,466
 
Multi-Line Retail (0.75%)
 
Dollar General Corp.(a)
   
119,789
     
9,029,695
 
                 
Specialty Retail (1.91%)
 
The Home Depot, Inc.
   
77,739
     
8,831,928
 
Office Depot, Inc.(a)
   
482,550
     
4,439,460
 
Staples, Inc.
   
297,632
     
4,846,937
 


   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
       
Specialty Retail (continued)
 
Tiffany & Co.
   
57,315
   
$
5,044,293
 
             
23,162,618
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.73%)
 
NIKE, Inc., Class B
   
46,099
     
4,625,112
 
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)
   
52,800
     
4,263,600
 
             
8,888,712
 
                 
CONSUMER STAPLES (3.99%)
 
Beverages (1.01%)
 
Diageo PLC(b)
   
28,189
     
3,116,858
 
Monster Beverage Corp.(a)
   
24,900
     
3,446,035
 
PepsiCo, Inc.
   
60,000
     
5,737,200
 
             
12,300,093
 
Food & Staples Retailing (1.14%)
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
44,775
     
6,783,189
 
CVS Health Corp.
   
68,000
     
7,018,280
 
             
13,801,469
 
Food Products (0.60%)
 
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.
   
71,900
     
7,228,107
 
                 
Household Products (0.59%)
 
The Procter & Gamble Co.
   
87,500
     
7,169,750
 
                 
Personal Products (0.65%)
 
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
   
94,327
     
7,844,233
 
                 
ENERGY (10.01%)
 
Energy Equipment & Services (2.31%)
 
Baker Hughes, Inc.
   
66,300
     
4,215,354
 
Schlumberger Ltd.
   
139,415
     
11,632,787
 
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)
   
988,830
     
12,162,609
 
             
28,010,750
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (7.70%)
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
   
62,372
     
5,165,025
 
BP PLC(b)
   
244,301
     
9,554,612
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.(c)
   
845,186
     
11,967,834
 
Chevron Corp.
   
58,000
     
6,088,840
 
ConocoPhillips
   
86,500
     
5,385,490
 
Devon Energy Corp.
   
139,559
     
8,416,803
 
EOG Resources, Inc.
   
55,601
     
5,098,056
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
   
44,775
     
3,805,875
 
Murphy Oil Corp.
   
94,175
     
4,388,555
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
   
86,500
     
6,314,500
 


   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
       
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
 
Peabody Energy Corp.(c)
   
1,192,725
   
$
5,868,207
 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A(b)
   
154,493
     
9,215,508
 
SM Energy Co.
   
54,844
     
2,834,338
 
WPX Energy, Inc.(a)
   
825,256
     
9,020,048
 
             
93,123,691
 
                 
FINANCIALS (27.74%)
 
Banks (0.39%)
 
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.
   
539,370
     
4,768,031
 
                 
Capital Markets (6.51%)
 
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(a)
   
23,772
     
5,105,750
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
   
33,696
     
4,408,785
 
The Charles Schwab Corp.
   
349,919
     
10,651,534
 
Franklin Resources, Inc.
   
117,500
     
6,030,100
 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
   
34,275
     
6,442,672
 
Morgan Stanley
   
357,175
     
12,747,576
 
State Street Corp.
   
359,846
     
26,459,476
 
UBS Group AG(a)
   
370,400
     
6,952,408
 
             
78,798,301
 
Commercial Banks (5.06%)
 
Barclays PLC(b)
   
261,781
     
3,814,149
 
BB&T Corp.
   
205,000
     
7,992,950
 
Comerica, Inc.
   
55,614
     
2,509,860
 
First Republic Bank
   
101,737
     
5,808,165
 
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
   
70,666
     
6,588,898
 
Regions Financial Corp.
   
725,353
     
6,854,586
 
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
   
441,478
     
18,140,331
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
   
174,000
     
9,465,600
 
             
61,174,539
 
Consumer Finance (2.41%)
 
American Express Co.
   
46,000
     
3,593,520
 
Capital One Financial Corp.
   
101,000
     
7,960,820
 
Visa, Inc., Class A
   
268,132
     
17,538,514
 
             
29,092,854
 
Diversified Financial Services (5.14%)
 
Bank of America Corp.
   
517,200
     
7,959,708
 
Citigroup, Inc.
   
418,729
     
21,572,918
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
   
422,320
     
25,584,146
 
Voya Financial, Inc.
   
162,620
     
7,010,548
 
             
62,127,320
 
Insurance (6.52%)
 
ACE Ltd.
   
84,900
     
9,465,501
 


   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
       
Insurance (continued)
 
The Allstate Corp.
   
66,717
   
$
4,748,249
 
American International Group, Inc.
   
253,105
     
13,867,623
 
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
   
246,096
     
6,494,473
 
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.
   
156,000
     
8,046,480
 
First American Financial Corp.
   
110,452
     
3,940,927
 
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a)
   
197,100
     
1,440,801
 
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
   
238,295
     
9,965,497
 
MetLife, Inc.
   
304,725
     
15,403,849
 
Willis Group Holdings PLC
   
115,350
     
5,557,563
 
             
78,930,963
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.30%)
 
American Tower Corp.
   
130,160
     
12,254,564
 
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
   
158,413
     
2,870,444
 
Paramount Group, Inc.
   
31,582
     
609,533
 
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A
   
522
     
9,714
 
             
15,744,255
 
Real Estate Management & Development (0.41%)
 
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A(a)
   
193,469
     
4,937,329
 
                 
HEALTH CARE (12.88%)
 
Biotechnology (3.44%)
 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)
   
71,188
     
12,336,880
 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)
   
60,545
     
7,545,118
 
Celgene Corp.(a)
   
87,530
     
10,090,458
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)
   
118,492
     
11,627,620
 
             
41,600,076
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (1.65%)
 
Baxter International, Inc.
   
93,875
     
6,430,438
 
Hologic, Inc.(a)
   
168,900
     
5,577,922
 
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
   
68,000
     
7,991,360
 
             
19,999,720
 
Health Care Providers & Services (2.09%)
 
Catamaran Corp.(a)
   
159,548
     
9,499,488
 
Cigna Corp.
   
80,500
     
10,419,920
 
Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
71,252
     
2,732,514
 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)
   
21,175
     
2,669,956
 
             
25,321,878
 
Health Care Technology (1.54%)
 
athenahealth, Inc.(a)(c)
   
54,000
     
6,447,060
 
Cerner Corp.(a)
   
166,668
     
12,210,098
 
             
18,657,158
 
 

   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
       
Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.27%)
 
Illumina, Inc.(a)
   
46,800
   
$
8,687,952
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
   
49,500
     
6,649,830
 
             
15,337,782
 
Pharmaceuticals (2.89%)
 
Abbott Laboratories
   
107,925
     
5,000,165
 
Actavis PLC(a)
   
22,995
     
6,843,772
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
66,500
     
6,689,900
 
Perrigo Co. PLC
   
48,365
     
8,006,826
 
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(b)
   
134,200
     
8,360,660
 
             
34,901,323
 
                 
INDUSTRIALS (4.64%)
 
Aerospace & Defense (1.27%)
 
The Boeing Co.
   
4,095
     
614,578
 
Bombardier, Inc., Class B
   
795,158
     
1,574,413
 
Precision Castparts Corp.
   
32,223
     
6,766,830
 
Textron, Inc.
   
144,901
     
6,423,461
 
             
15,379,282
 
Building Products (0.32%)
 
Masco Corp.
   
142,896
     
3,815,323
 
                 
Electrical Equipment (0.72%)
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
   
129,000
     
8,764,260
 
                 
Machinery (1.46%)
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
64,000
     
5,121,920
 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
   
52,825
     
6,274,553
 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
   
65,550
     
6,250,848
 
             
17,647,321
 
Trading Companies & Distributors (0.55%)
 
Fastenal Co.
   
99,492
     
4,122,451
 
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
81,516
     
2,539,631
 
             
6,662,082
 
Transportation Infrastructure (0.32%)
 
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc.
   
271,629
     
3,903,309
 
                 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (20.09%)
 
Communications Equipment (1.71%)
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
   
263,000
     
7,239,075
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
   
193,900
     
13,445,026
 
             
20,684,101
 
Computers & Peripherals (1.72%)
 
Hewlett-Packard Co.
   
461,400
     
14,377,224
 


   
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
       
Computers & Peripherals (continued)
 
Stratasys Ltd.(a)(c)
   
122,555
   
$
6,468,453
 
             
20,845,677
 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments (1.16%)
 
Avnet, Inc.
   
4,671
     
207,860
 
Corning, Inc.
   
209,425
     
4,749,759
 
TE Connectivity Ltd.
   
127,000
     
9,095,740
 
             
14,053,359
 
Internet Software & Services (6.89%)
 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a)(b)
   
46,250
     
3,849,850
 
CoStar Group, Inc.(a)
   
31,459
     
6,223,534
 
Equinix, Inc.
   
33,006
     
7,685,447
 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)
   
233,788
     
19,220,880
 
Google, Inc., Class A(a)
   
12,340
     
6,844,998
 
Google, Inc., Class C(a)
   
23,010
     
12,609,480
 
LinkedIn Corp., Class A(a)
   
33,420
     
8,350,321
 
Mercadolibre, Inc.
   
32,076
     
3,929,952
 
Pandora Media, Inc.(a)
   
106,968
     
1,733,951
 
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(a)
   
148,255
     
7,648,476
 
Yelp, Inc.(a)
   
110,722
     
5,242,687
 
             
83,339,576
 
IT Services (0.39%)
 
Teradata Corp.(a)
   
106,000
     
4,678,840
 
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (1.52%)
 
ARM Holdings PLC(b)
   
139,120
     
6,858,616
 
Intel Corp.
   
200,050
     
6,255,564
 
Micron Technology, Inc.(a)
   
193,619
     
5,252,883
 
             
18,367,063
 
Software (6.65%)
 
FireEye, Inc.(a)(c)
   
68,772
     
2,699,301
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
344,500
     
14,005,647
 
Mobileye N.V.(a)
   
161,410
     
6,784,062
 
Oracle Corp.
   
191,025
     
8,242,729
 
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)
   
382,406
     
25,548,545
 
ServiceNow, Inc.(a)
   
115,000
     
9,059,700
 
Splunk, Inc.(a)
   
90,900
     
5,381,280
 
Symantec Corp.
   
372,712
     
8,708,416
 
             
80,429,680
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment (0.05%)
 
Apple, Inc.
   
4,891
     
608,587
 


 
SHARES
   
MARKET VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
     
MATERIALS (0.75%)
 
Chemicals (0.75%)
 
Ecolab, Inc.
   
40,578
   
$
4,641,312
 
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.
   
61,800
     
4,416,846
 
             
9,058,158
 
                 
UTILITIES (0.07%)
 
Electric Utilities (0.07%)
 
FirstEnergy Corp.
   
22,865
     
801,647
 
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
         
(COST OF $933,135,282)
     
1,180,819,253
 
                 
 
PAR VALUE/ SHARES
         
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (4.10%)
               
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (2.33%)
 
Repurchase agreement with State Street Bank & Trust Co., dated 3/31/15, due 04/01/15 at 0.01%, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.00%, 03/15/43, market value of $28,822,730 and par value of $36,880,000.  (Repurchase proceeds of $28,250,008).
               
(COST OF $28,250,000)
 
$
28,250,000
   
$
28,250,000
 
                 
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED (1.77%)
               
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.16%
               
(COST OF $21,371,894)
   
21,371,894
     
21,371,894
 
                 
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
         
(COST OF $49,621,894)
     
49,621,894
 
                 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (101.70%)
         
(COST OF $982,757,176)(d)
     
1,230,441,147
 
                 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-1.70%)
     
(20,623,940
)
                 
NET ASSETS (100.00%)
   
$
1,209,817,207
 
                 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
         
(179,951,943 SHARES OUTSTANDING)
   
$
6.72
 


(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
American Depositary Receipt.
(c)
Security, or a portion of the security position, is currently on loan.
(d)
Cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $990,005,434.

Gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation at March 31, 2015 based on cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
296,358,886
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(55,923,173
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
240,435,713
 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund
Notes to Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

Security Valuation
Equity securities, including common stocks and exchange-traded funds are valued at the last sale price at the close of the principal exchange on which they trade, except for securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), which are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted securities or listed securities for which there were no sales during the day are valued at the closing bid price on such exchanges or over-the-counter markets.

Cash collateral from securities lending activity is reinvested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which operates as a money market fund in compliance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Shares of registered investment companies are valued daily at that investment company’s net asset value per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.

The Fund’s investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). When market quotations are not readily available, or in management’s judgment they do not accurately reflect fair value of a security, or an event occurs after the market close but before the Fund is priced that materially affects the value of a security, the securities will be valued by the Adviser, ALPS Advisors, Inc. using fair valuation procedures established by the Board. Examples of potentially significant events that could materially impact a Fund’s net asset value include, but are not limited to: single issuer events such as corporate actions, reorganizations, mergers, spin-offs, liquidations, acquisitions and buyouts; corporate announcements on earnings or product offerings; regulatory news; and litigation and multiple issuer events such as governmental actions; natural disasters or armed conflicts that affect a country or a region; or significant market fluctuations. Potential significant events are monitored by the Adviser and/or Valuation Committee through independent reviews of market indicators, general news sources and communications from the Fund’s custodian.

Foreign Securities
The Fund may directly purchase securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities of foreign issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers. The risks include possible reevaluation of currencies, the inability to repatriate foreign currency, less complete financial information about companies and possible future adverse political and economic developments. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of securities of comparable U.S. issuers. For the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund only held American Depositary Receipts and did not hold any securities denominated in foreign currencies.

Security Transactions
Security transactions are recorded on trade date. Cost is determined and gains/(losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes.

Income Recognition
Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Corporate actions and dividend income are recorded on the ex-date.
The Fund estimates components of distributions from real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments. Once the REIT reports annually the tax character of its distributions, the Fund revises its estimates. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, any distributions received in excess of income are recorded as realized gains.

Repurchase Agreements
The Fund engages in repurchase agreement transactions with institutions that the Fund’s investment advisor has determined are creditworthy. The Fund, through its custodian, receives delivery of underlying securities collateralizing a repurchase agreement. Collateral is at least equal, at all times, to the value of the repurchase obligation, including interest. A repurchase agreement transaction involves certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty. These risks include possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities and a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Fund seeks to assert its rights. These collateral agreements mitigate the counterparty credit risk by providing for a single net settlement with a counterparty of all financial transactions covered by the agreement in an event of default as defined under such agreement.

Repurchase agreements are entered into by the Fund under a Master Repurchase Agreement (“MRA”) which permits the Fund, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due or from the Fund.


Lending of Portfolio Securities
The Fund may lend its portfolio securities only to borrowers that are approved by the Fund’s securities lending agent, State Street Bank & Trust Co. (“SSB”). The Fund will limit such lending to not more than 30% of the value of its total assets. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash (U.S. Dollar only), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or by irrevocable bank letters of credit issued by a person other than the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of no less than 102% of the market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of no less than 105% of the market value for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a market value equal to no less than 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

Any cash collateral received is reinvested in a money market fund managed by SSB as disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. Non-cash collateral, in the form of securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, is not disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments as it is held by the lending agent on behalf of the Fund, and the Fund does not have the ability to re-hypothecate these securities. As of March 31, 2015, the market value of securities on loan was $27,675,402, and the total cash collateral and non-cash collateral received was $21,371,894 and $7,600,078, respectively.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by SSB. SSB’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent. However, the Fund could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

Fair Value Measurements
The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, exchange-traded funds and registered investment companies are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the mean of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices on such day and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value, and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments.

These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

Level 2 Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

Level 3 Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2015:

   
Valuation Inputs
     
Investments in Securities at Value*
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
1,180,819,253
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,180,819,253
 
Short Term Investment
   
     
28,250,000
     
     
28,250,000
 
Investment Purchased with Collateral from Securities Loaned
   
21,371,894
     
     
     
21,371,894
 
Total
 
$
1,202,191,147
   
$
28,250,000
   
$
   
$
1,230,441,147
 

* See Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.
 
The Fund recognizes transfers between levels as of the end of the period. For the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund did not have any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 securities. The Fund did not havse any securities which used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value during the period.

Indemnification
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnities. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims against the Fund. Also, under the Fund’s organizational documents and by contract, the Trustees and Officers of the Fund are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of their duties to the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be minimal.


Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

(b) There was no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits.

Separate certifications for the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND
 
       
 
By:
/s/ William Parmentier
 
   
William Parmentier
 
   
President (principal executive officer)
 
       
 
Date:
May 22, 2015
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 
By:
/s/ William Parmentier
 
   
William Parmentier
 
   
President (principal executive officer)
 
       
 
Date:
May 22, 2015
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Kimberly Storms
 
   
Kimberly Storms
 
   
Treasurer (principal financial officer)
 
       
 
Date:
May 22, 2015