Fidelity Investments

86 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2004 - 18 Jul 2023

UK startups get Brexit boost while UK funds suffer

Venture capitalists have invested more than $200m in UK tech startups in the month following the controversial Brexit vote, allaying fears that London's growing tech sector would be one of the first casualties of the withdrawal from the European Union.

Fidelity unveils website for retirement advisors and consultants

If you want your customers to embrace a new service, include them in its development. That’s the thinking behind FidelityConnect, a new website for the more than 5,000 retirement advisors and consultants who manage workplace plans with Fidelity.

Fidelity Labs tackles student loand debt

Student loan debt has become one of the biggest problems for American society at $1.3 trillion, affecting 40 million Americans, and it is on track to double by 20252.

Defendants in JPM hacking case plead not guilty

Two Israeli men accused of orchestrating a series of hacks on the computers of several US financial institutions as part of an elaborate stock manipulation scheme have pleaded 'not guilty' as they face trial in a Manhattan court

Fidelity invests in new brokerage app

Fidelity Investments today launched a new brokerage app for iPhone and Android, which offers a first-of-its-kind customized Feed that delivers news and market information based on what a user owns, has on their watch list, has recently researched, or has chosen from a menu of nearly 30 investing topics.

Fidelity opens virtual safe deposit box

Knowing exactly where all of your most important documents are located can be critically important in the event of an emergency, and yet according to a recent survey of Fidelity Investments’ customers, less than half (41 percent) of respondents know where all of their family’s most important documents are stored.

Finra sanctions Fidelity Brokerage Services $1 million for supervisory failures

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it fined Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC $500,000 and ordered the firm to pay nearly $530,000 in restitution for failing to detect or prevent the theft of more than $1 million from nine of its customers, eight of whom were senior citizens.

Fidelity launches Apple TV app

Fidelity has launched an app for the revamped Apple TV, enabling investors to keep tabs on the markets via the idiot box.

Nomura investigates distributed ledgers; Fidelity joins Irish blockchain hackathon

Nomura Securities is to investigate the use of distributed ledger technology in a joint project with IT supplier and consultancy The Nomura Research Institute.

SapientNitro develops new iPad app for Fidelity

SapientNitro, part of Publicis.Sapient, and Fidelity Worldwide Investment, the worldwide asset management company, have launched an iPad app for all investors.

Emerging affluent most likely to search online for financial advice

New Fidelity research finds that emerging affluent investors are nearly twice as likely as millionaires to find a new financial advisor through internet research and more likely than millionaires to find a new advisor through social media.

Nordnet first in Sweden with electronic mutual fund transfers

Nordnet together with Fidelity are the first in Sweden to introduce electronic mutual fund transfers via SWIFT.

Fidelity issues statement on Colt offer

FMR LLC and FIL Limited (together "Fidelity") note the recent press speculation regarding Fidelity's all cash final offer to acquire the issued and to be issued share capital of Colt Group S.A. ("Colt") not currently owned by Fidelity (the "Offer").

Colt rejects Fidelity offer

The independent directors of Colt Group S.A. ("Colt" or "the Company") note the announcement today of a cash offer for the ordinary shares in Colt not already owned by FMR LLC, FIL Limited and certain affiliated parties (together "Fidelity") at a price of 190 pence per share (the "Offer").

Multrees names former Fidelity UK CEO Hugh Mullan as non-exec director

Multrees Investor Services, the independent custody and consolidated reporting specialist for wealth managers and family offices, has appointed former Fidelity UK CEO Hugh Mullan as a non-executive director.

Wall Street heavyweights join $130m funding round for big data firm Dataminr

Some of the biggest names on Wall Street, including John Mack and Vikram Pandit, have joined a $130 million funding round for Dataminr, a startup that trawls through tweets and other data sources to create alerts for clients such as banks.

Money managers to set up own dark pool

Fidelity and eight other money managers have set up a joint venture company to launch a private dark pool for buying and selling large blocks of stocks without the involvement of banks and predatory high frequency trading firms.

Fidelity adds 'Stocks Nearby' feature to iPhone app

Fidelity Investments has added a location-based feature to its iPhone app that tells users about nearby publicly traded companies.

Fidelity takes portfolios into virtual reality with Oculus Rift app

US financial services giant Fidelity Investments has built an application for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset that lets investors visualise their portfolio as a 3D city.

Fidelity partners Betterment on digital advisory platform

We are delighted to announce that Betterment and Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services are collaborating in connection with Betterment Institutional, a platform that gives advisors the tools they need to be more productive, more efficient, and provide the best experience for their clients.