Ms Veronika Hirsch, the flamboyant Canadian stock picker hired recently to spearhead Fidelity Investments' drive to dominate the Canadian market, has been removed from her fund as she is probed by Canadian regulators.

The dramatic move comes just three months after Canada's so«MDBO» «MDNM»called "Fund Diva" joined the mutual fund giant's expansion efforts in Canada, analysts said. Ms Hirsch, who was unavailable for comment, is embroiled in a controversy over personal trades she made before joining Fidelity, the world's biggest mutual fund company.