Revealed: the ten best funds of 2012

Investors fared best if they opted for higher risk investments, with high yield bonds outperforming gilts - which returned very little to investors in 2012 - and smaller companies across the UK and Europe also leaving large-cap peers behind. Taking the UK equity markets as a guide, the FTSE 100 only achieved gains of about 7% in total for 2012. In comparison, the FTSE 250 gained 22% in 2012, climbing from 10,102 points to 12,359, and the FTSE All Share gained nearly 8.6%. But which funds were able to exploit these moves successfully? Below are the ten best performing funds from ...