FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL,FORMERLY 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 AND RESEARCH IN BOSTON 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.


HISTORY
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AS AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT SUBSIDIARY OF FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND 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,FOLLOWED BY LONDON IN 1973,HONGKONG IN 1981 AND TAIPEI IN 1986.IN 1990 THE FIRST CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN OFFICE WAS OPENED IN AMSTERDAM,WHEN A NUMBER OF LUXEMBOURG FUNDS FOR CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND ASIA WERE LAUNCHED.EXPANSION HAS CONTINUEDWITH FIDELITY OPENING AN OFFICE IN INDIA IN 2001 AND CHINA IN 2004.
AS OF 2013,FIDELITY EMPLOYS OVER 7,000 PEOPLE IN 24 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD,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.


SERVICES
FIDELITY OFFERS ITS OWN FUNDS AND ,THROUGH ITS PLATFORMS IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES,OTHER MANGERS' 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.
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 PENSION MARKETS,BOTH FOR DOMESTIC SCHEMES,MULTINATIONAL EMPLOYERS AND THEIR STAFF.
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT HAS AROUND 300 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS AND RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS GLOBALLY.THESE INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS CARRY OUT IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS TO UNCOVER INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES,FOLLOWING A BOTTOM-UP STOCK PICKING APPROACH.


AWARDS
FIDELITY HAS BEEN NAMED FUND HOUSE OF THE YEAR AT THE UK PENSIONS AWARDS,AND WON THE PREMIER GROUP AWARD AT THE MONEY INVESTMENT TRUST AWARDS.