Johnson Makes Rare Speech as Fidelity Deals With Harassment

  • Fund company has ousted two money managers over allegations
  • Investment business grapples with history of unequal treatment

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Fidelity Investments’ Abigail Johnson took center stage on Tuesday and counseled money managers gathering in Washington about charting their future in the digital world.

But the chief executive, a featured speaker at one of the industry’s biggest conferences, is also struggling with a stubborn legacy of the past: the treatment of women in the world of finance.