Telegraph 25: the definitive list of our favourite funds

Telegraph 25: the definitive list of our favourite funds

The Telegraph 25 highlights the best funds for all types of Isa and pension investor. Our Telegraph 10 lists showcase funds for growth , income , preserving your money , investing ethically and keeping costs low with ETFs Six months on from our last revamp of the Telegraph 25, it's time to check in on the performance of the list of our favourite funds. Our actively-managed fund picks, spanning not just our 25 top choices but also the growth , income , defensive and ethical funds we recommend, have delivered an average 10.1pc return over the past half-year. That's more than the 7.7pc you would have made by investing in a British stock market tracker fund. Our fund picks' performance marginally lags the 10.9pc return from the global stock market, but given our lists also feature "get rich slow" funds likely to trail rallying stocks but limit losses, it's a creditable result. TR Property, an investment trust which buys shares in property companies, led the way. Shares in the trust, which was added to the Telegraph 25 in March, have risen 29.5pc since then. Not that six months is a long enough period over which to judge the performance of