A little went a long way: Why 2020 was the year of the small cap

Reasons for this are varied and subjective, but an index full of value-orientated and oil-focused stocks, an arguably erratic handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and prolonged Brexit uncertainty will have all played their parts. And yet, some UK equity funds have more than weathered the storm, with Gervais Williams and Martin Turner's Premier Miton UK Smaller Companies fund making it onto the list of top ten best performers in 2020 with a whopping 77.3% total return. In fact, the UK equity funds that fared best in 2020 -  with FP Octopus UK Micro Cap Growth, Baillie Gifford British Smal...