Article: Fidelity's Abigail Johnson to lead fund board

Fidelity Investments executive Abigail Johnson is finally replacing her father as chairman of the board - just not the board of Fidelity.

The giant Boston investment firm said Johnson, 47, is in the process of succeeding her father, Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III, 78, as chairman of the board that oversees Fidelity's 161 fixed income and asset-allocation funds, which handle about $650 billion of the more than $1.2 trillion managed by Fidelity.

The move could stoke longstanding speculation that Fidelity is paving the way for Abigail Johnson to eventually succeed her father as chairman of FMR LLC, Fidelity's parent company.

The younger Johnson already runs Fidelity's personal and workplace ...

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