Article: Fidelity's McColgan may be on fast track; New distribution chief seen as possible heir apparent to head mutual fund operations.(News)

Byline: Douglas Appell

BOSTON - With Ellyn A. McColgan's recent elevation as Fidelity Investments' distribution czar, observers say the Boston-based giant may have finally found a leader in the hard-driving, "passionate'' mold of Edward "Ned'' Johnson, Fidelity's 76-year-old chairman and chief executive officer.

Whether Ms. McColgan will remain focused on Fidelity's fast-growing non-money management businesses or eventually step in to turn around the group's bread-and-butter mutual fund operations remains an open question.

The latest data to emerge last week seem to bolster the argument that Fidelity should be devoting its top management ...

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