The 20 best performing investment trusts of the last decade

Top of the pile is the Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies trust, which was managed by Susie Rippingall for over a decade prior to her retirement last month. The trust has outperformed the average investment company in nine of the last ten years, turning a £100 lump sum into £875 over the period. Since Rippingall's retirement, the trust has been taken over by Wee-Li Hee, Scott McNab and Angus Tulloch. The second best performing and most consistent investment company of the last decade is F&C Global Smaller Companies, managed by Peter Ewins. A £100 lump sum in the fund over the l...