The 20 best performing investment trusts of the last decade

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The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has named the top 20 performing and most consistent investment companies over the past 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...

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