Collaborating for Impact: How Fidelity Investments and UK Are Investing in Kentucky through OneUK
Fidelity Investments is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, and its Covington, Kentucky, location is a major hub for talent and innovation. The company has built a reputation for offering rewarding careers and creating opportunities for growth in financial technology, operations, and customer service. Through the University of Kentucky’s OneUK initiative, Fidelity Investments is collaborating with UK to attract top talent, advance applied research and support initiatives that strengthen both the company and the Commonwealth.
Fidelity Investments’ Kentucky office employs thousands of professionals, making it one of Northern Kentucky’s largest and most prominent employers. With a focus on developing a skilled workforce and fostering a culture of continuous learning, the company has become an anchor for the region’s financial sector. For UK students, Fidelity Investments represents a pathway to meaningful careers that combine technical expertise, business acumen and a commitment to improving the financial well-being of millions of people.
This collaboration builds on the foundation established through UK Invests, a first-of-its-kind national initiative launched by UK to help students develop financial literacy, improve career readiness and build long-term financial well-being. Through UK Invests, all UK students—undergraduate, graduate and professional—can deepen their understanding of financial wellness, practice financial investing and earn monetary rewards for healthy financial behaviors. Fidelity Investments, as the official investment solution provider for UK Invests, has already played a critical role in shaping the program by offering students real-world tools that will benefit them, their families and their communities. The success of UK Invests helped pave the way for a more formal collaboration between UK and Fidelity Investments through OneUK.
“At Fidelity, we believe that financial literacy is a powerful catalyst for economic mobility and financial security,” said Sangeeta Moorjani, head of Tax-Exempt Market at Fidelity Investments. “Our partnership with the University of Kentucky reflects that commitment, empowering students to invest in themselves and their futures, while also strengthening our connections within the local community.”
Through OneUK, Fidelity Investments and UK are working together to create a collaborative framework that connects students, faculty and industry leaders. This collaboration is designed to ensure that the next generation of financial services professionals is prepared to meet the evolving needs of the industry while driving innovation in the field.
As part of this relationship, Fidelity Investments and UK have identified shared goals in three key areas: talent, innovation and support. These goals form the foundation for a long-term, strategic collaboration.
- Talent: Position Fidelity’s Kentucky office as a destination employer for UK’s most talented students, creating a clear pipeline from the classroom to meaningful, career-building roles.
- Innovation: Identify applied, not theoretical, research on financial management and has a material result.
- Support: Support initiatives that align with Fidelity Investments' talent and innovation goals.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with a company at the caliber of Fidelity Investments to align around common interests, grow our shared impact and better serve our communities,” Kim Kluemper, Director of Business Engagement at the University of Kentucky, said.
As Fidelity Investments looks to the future, its collaboration with UK demonstrates the value of aligning higher education and industry to address workforce needs and accelerate innovation. Through OneUK, the two organizations are working side by side to prepare students for impactful careers, advance research with practical benefits and strengthen Kentucky’s position as a hub for financial services.
Learn more about how the University of Kentucky is collaborating with organizations like Fidelity Investments to drive talent development and innovation across the state here.