Fidelity Investments explores new trading venue

BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments is "exploring" the creation of a new trading venue with other asset managers, a spokesman for the Boston company said on Thursday. If created, such a venue would aim to boost fund performance and improve other areas like transparency and liquidity, said Fidelity spokesman Steve Austin in a telephone interview. Other details were not immediately available, he said. (Reporting by Ross Kerber; editing by Richard Valdmanis)