the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message fil limited type private industry financial services founded 1969 founders edward johnson iii headquarters pembroke bermuda key people abigail johnson chairman brian conroy president financial services products investment management mutual funds isas pensions fund platforms aum us 285 billion march 31 2015 number of employees 7 000 march 31 2015 website fidelityinternational.com fidelity international formerly fidelity worldwide investment is a company that provides investment management services including mutual funds pension management and fund platforms to private and institutional investors . fidelity international was originally established in 1969 under the name fidelity international limited fil as the international investment subsidiary of fidelity management & research in boston see fidelity investments before being spun out as an independent business in 1980 . since then it has continued to operate as a private company owned by some of its employees and the johnson family . contents 1 history 2 services 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit it was established in 1969 1 as an international investment subsidiary of fidelity management & research before becoming an independent business in 1980 . today fidelity international handles investments for clients in europe emea and asia while the us based fidelity management and research handles investments for clients in north america . in the same year that it was established an office was opened in tokyo 2 followed by london in 1973 3 hong kong in 1981 4 and taipei in 1986 . in 1990 the first continental european office was opened in amsterdam 5 when a number of luxembourg funds for continental europe and asia were launched . expansion has continued with fidelity opening an office in india in 2001 and in china in 2004 . in 2012 chief investment officer dominic rossi expressed support for a uk government plan to allow shareholders to veto bonus deals for boardroom members in companies using what the guardian called unusually confrontational language for a major investor more accustomed to operating behind the scenes . 6 rossi has since campaigned to get uk long term incentive plans extended from three years to five . 7 as of 2013 update fidelity employs over 7 000 people in 24 countries around the world ; 1 australia austria belgium bermuda brazil china including hong kong dubai france germany india ireland italy japan korea luxembourg netherlands poland singapore spain sweden switzerland taiwan tunisia and the uk . the company is privately owned ; the majority of the company is owned by its employees though the johnson family still owns a substantial minority of 39.89 % according to regulatory filings . 8 services edit fidelity offers its own funds and through its platforms in a number of countries other managers funds . it currently manages or administers over us 300bn on behalf of private individuals and institutions around the world offering investors the opportunity to further their medium and long term investment goals . 9 depending on location fidelity offer a range of active asset management solutions as well as large fund platforms offering access to fidelity and other managers funds and services for personal investors . fidelity provides solutions to the isa sipp and defined contribution pensions markets both for domestic schemes multinational employers and their staff . fidelity international investment has around 300 portfolio managers and research professionals globally 1 . these investment professionals carry out in depth analysis to uncover investment opportunities following a bottom up stock picking approach . 10 awards edit fidelity has been named fund house of the year dc provider of the year at the uk pensions awards and won the premier group award at the money investment trust awards . 11 12 13 references edit a b johnson steve 15 september 2013 . fidelity worldwide scouts beyond the boomers for business . financial times . uk . retrieved 18 december 2013 . bloomberg businessweek . company overview of fidelity investments japan limited . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2013 12 18 . fidelity succeeds through evolution . investment week . uk . 25 february 2002 . retrieved 18 december 2013 . fil investment management hong kong limited . bcthk . retrieved 2013 12 18 . credit suisse . fil luxembourg s.a. . credit suisse . retrieved 2013 12 18 . fund manager fidelity attacks executive pay and bonus bonanza . the guardian . 18 january 2012 . boardroom pay failing to reflect performance fund manager claims . the guardian . 3 july 2014 . hidden johnson billionaires found in fidelity fund empire brendan coffey bloomberg news september 20 2012 . business wire . atlantic fund services to service fidelity worldwide investment funds in luxembourg . business wire . retrieved 2013 12 18 . lambert simon 6 august 2013 . aim shares are in fashion now investors can put them in an isa . we reveal five of the best smaller company funds and trusts . this is money . uk . retrieved 18 december 2013 . spriha srivastava 2015 . fidelity named mm fund house of the year . ftadviser . retrieved 26 may 2015 . uk pension awards 2015 . uk pension awards . retrieved 9 may 2015 . fiona hamilton 2015 . 2015 investment trust awards premier investment trust group . money observer . retrieved 8 may 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fidelity international & oldid 738197786 categories financial services companies of bermudafinancial services companies of the united kingdomfidelity internationalhidden categories articles with peacock terms from november 2015all articles with peacock termsarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 14 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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