Sector by sector: The best and worst funds of 2014

Investment Week takes a look at the biggest winners and losers of 2014 across 20 different IMA sectors.

After a year in which India soared and Russia slumped, funds exposed to these two regions naturally formed the bulk of the best and worst performers of 2014 respectively. A closer look at more mainstream asset classes, by contrast, reveals the usual variety of disparate performers for the year just gone. Below are the best and worst total returns from 1 January to 31 December 2014 in the major IMA equity sectors and the Targeted Absolute Return sector, according to data from FE. UK All Companies Best: MFM Slater Recovery 17.9% Mark Slater’s fund excelled in 2014, its small-ca...