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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001398344-15-006825
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151009

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIBERTY ALL STAR EQUITY FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000799195
		IRS NUMBER:				042935840
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303.623.2577

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (File No. 811-04809)</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear Mr. Cowan:</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The following are responses to the comments that I received from you by telephone on October 1, 2015 regarding the preliminary proxy statement (&#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) by the Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) on September 22, 2015. Your comments and the Fund&#8217;s responses are set forth below.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The new Portfolio Management Agreement with Delaware Investments is effective and has been fully signed, and the disclosure in the proxy statement has been revised accordingly.</div>

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<td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; WIDTH: auto; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please confirm the fee breakpoints are the same between the old Portfolio Management Agreement with Schneider Capital Management and the new Portfolio Management Agreement with Delaware Investments.</td>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Fund has confirmed the fee breakpoints between the old Portfolio Management Agreement and the new Portfolio Management Agreement are the same.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Fund has revised the text in the proxy statement to satisfy the requirements under Items 22(c)(2) and 22(c)(3).</div>

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<td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; WIDTH: auto; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please revise the following sentence in the third paragraph on the first page of the proxy card to be in bold font: &#8220;If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the Proposal in the discretion of the proxy holder as to any other matter that may properly come before the Meeting.&#8221;</td>
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<td style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; WIDTH: auto; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Please consider revising the marked Proposal #2 on the proxy card to either give the shareholder an option to vote on any other such business or revising the statement to not have it a proposal to be considered at the special meeting.</td>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOTE: </font>The Fund may transact such other business, including adjournment of the Special Meeting, as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments thereof.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Fund has also revised applicable disclosure in the proxy statement to have it be consistent with the proxy card so that it is not considered an actual proposal to be presented at the special shareholder meeting.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Fund acknowledges that: (1) it is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its proxy statement; (2) Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments in the proxy statement reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to its proxy statement; and (3) it may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</div>

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