SII vs USA Comparison

Sprott Inc is an alternative asset manager. The company has four reportable segments: Exchange Listed Products, which derives key revenue, and includes management services to the company's closed-end physical trusts and exchange-traded funds, both of which are actively traded on public securities exchanges; Managed equities segment provides asset management and sub-advisory services to the company's branded funds, fixed-term LPs and managed accounts; Private strategies which provide lending and streaming activities through limited partnership vehicles; and the Corporate segment which provides capital, balance sheet management and enterprise shared services to the company's subsidiaries. Geographically, it derives key revenue from Canada, followed by the United States.

Liberty All Star Equity Fund is a multi-managed fund. Its objective is to provide a high level of current income and long-term capital appreciation through investing principally in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The fund invests in various sectors, including financials, information technology, healthcare, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, energy, materials, real estate, utilities, telecommunication, and other services.