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== Press release ==
Paris, February
AXA reports record results with underlying EPS growth at the top end of the target range
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==== Key FY25 highlights ====
Gross written premiums & other revenues
Underlying earnings
Underlying earnings per share
Solvency II ratio
==== Capital Management ====
Dividend of Euro 2.32 per share, up +8% vs. FY24
Launch of an annual share buyback program
Completion
==== Outlook ====
Underlying earnings per share growth for 2026 expected to be at the upper end of the 6-8% plan target range
Expected impact of Solvency II revision at +17 points
AXA to present its new strategic plan for 2027
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=== Activity indicators ===
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|-
| style="background:#f8f9fa; border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align:left" | '''GWP & other revenues'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''110,316'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''115,524'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''+5%'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''+6%'''
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| style="text-align:left" | o/w Property & Casualty
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Total gross written premiums and other revenues
Property & Casualty (+5%), with growth in (i) Commercial lines
Life & Health (+8%), with (i) Life premiums up 9%, driven by Protection (+11%) from strong sales in Hong Kong, Switzerland
Underlying earnings
Underlying earnings per share
The sale of AXA IM resulted in a temporary dilution of underlying earnings per share due to the timing of the associated share buyback (-1%).
Net
Shareholders' equity was Euro 47.2 billion as of December 31, 2025, down by Euro 2.8 billion versus December 31, 2024, as (i) the positive contribution from net income (Euro +9.8 billion) and net OCI (Euro +1.3 billion) were more than offset by (ii) the FY24 dividend paid to shareholders (Euro -4.6 billion), (iii) the impact of share buybacks executed in 2025 (Euro -4.7 billion) including
CSM
Solvency II ratio
As of January 1, 2026, capital instruments and subordinated debt subject to Solvency II transitional measures ('
Underlying return on equity
Debt
Cash at
==== Capital management ====
A dividend of Euro 2.32 per share (up 8% versus FY24) will be proposed at the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2026
AXA's Board of Directors approved
The share buyback program is expected to commence as soon as reasonably practicable, subject to market conditions, and it
==== Outlook ====
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Entering the final year of its 2024-2026 'Unlock the Future' plan, AXA is confident in its ability to achieve its main financial targets, underpinned by (i) profitable organic growth, (ii) scaling technical capabilities across its businesses, and (iii) driving operational efficiency across the organization through reinforced cost management.
In P&C Retail and SME & Mid-market, pricing remains favorable, and the Group expects to continue benefiting from the
In Life & Health, earnings growth is expected to be driven by the short-term business reflecting disciplined pricing and claims management initiatives. The strategy to rejuvenate sales in the long-term business, coupled with
Results in Holdings in 2026 are expected to remain at a similar level as in 2025.
Considering the strong overall operating performance delivered in 2025, and assuming current operating conditions persist, Management
Gross written premiums & other revenues were up 5% to Euro 58.0 billion.
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | FY24
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change on comparable basis
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | FY25 Price
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| style="background:#f8f9fa; border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align:left" | '''GWP and other revenues'''
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o Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM (+14%) driven by Türkiye from higher average premiums and volumes; and
o France (+9%) with strong volume growth in all lines of business, both from direct business and proprietary agent networks, combined with favorable price effects in Motor.
AXA
The all-year combined ratio improved by 0.3 point to 90.6%, mainly driven by:
Lower
Lower expense ratio (-0.3 point) primarily from lower non-commission expense ratio reflecting efficiency gains; and
Lower natural catastrophe charges (-0.4 point to 3.4%) more than offset by lower
'''P&C underlying earnings were up 9% to Euro 5.9 billion driven by:'''
Increase in technical result (Euro +0.5 billion) reflecting strong growth in volumes, combined with an improvement in technical margin; and
Higher financial result (Euro +0.2 billion) thanks to higher volumes and reinvestment yields on fixed income assets, more than offsetting the increase in the unwind of the discount of claims reserves;
Partly offset by higher income taxes (Euro -0.2 billion) mainly due to higher pre-tax underlying earnings.
'''Gross written premiums & other revenues were up 8% to Euro 56.5 billion.'''
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Life grew by 9% to Euro 37.5 billion, mainly from:
o Unit-Linked (+13%) driven by successful sales initiatives across all geographies;
o G/A
o Protection
Health grew by 5% to Euro 19.0 billion, driven by favorable price effects in both Group and Individual businesses across most geographies, partly offset by lower volumes.
Present value of expected premiums (PVEP)
Life (+1%), from higher volumes in Hong Kong, France, and Switzerland, partly offset by impact of higher interest rates on discounting of future premiums; and
Health (-12%), mainly from the impact of higher interest rates on discounting of future premiums, and lower volumes in France following underwriting and pruning actions.
NB CSM
NBV (post-tax)
NBV margin (post
Net flows
o Protection (Euro +4.9 billion), mainly in Hong Kong, Japan, and France;
o Health (Euro +2.7 billion), mainly in Germany, Japan, and France; and
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Life & Health underlying earnings increased by 7% to Euro 3.5 billion, driven by:
Long-term technical result (Euro +0.2 billion) driven by an increase in CSM release, following both growth in reserves and better margins in the long-term business;
Short-term
Lower income taxes (Euro +0.1 billion) reflecting favorable tax effects mainly in Germany, France and Mexico; and
Lower contribution from affiliates, notably ICBC-AXA and improved results at AXA MPS that resulted in an increase in earnings of minority shareholders.
Holdings underlying earnings<sup>14</sup> remained broadly stable at Euro -1.2 billion.
=== Ratings ===
<sup>22</sup> AXA maintains up-to-date ratings information on its website at: https://www.axa.com/en/investor/financial-strength-ratings.
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Principal
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Outlook
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Short-term
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| S&P Global Ratings
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Capital-light G/A products: encompass all products with no guarantees, with guarantees at maturity only or with guarantees equal to or lower than 0%.
Contractual service
CSM release: the portion of CSM stock net of reinsurance at the end of the defined period flowing through profit and loss
Economic variance: the variance of the
Financial result: investment income on assets backing Building Block Approach (BBA) and Premium Allocation Approach (PAA) contracts as well as assets backing shareholder's equity, net of the insurance finance expenses (IFE) defined as the unwind of the present value of future cash flow.
Gross written premiums and other revenues: insurance premiums collected during the period (including risk premiums,
New business contractual service
New business value ('NBV'): the value of newly issued contracts during the current year. It consists of the sum of (i) the NB CSM, (ii) the present value of the future profits of Short-Term Business newly issued contracts during the period, carried by Life entities, considering expected renewals, and (iii) the present value of the future profits of pure investment contracts accounted for under IFRS 9, net of (iv) the cost of reinsurance, (v) taxes and (vi) minority interests.
New business value
Operating
Present value of expected
Technical
Underlying return on in-force: the release of the time value of options & guarantees plus the unwind of CSM at the reference rate plus the underlying financial over-performance.
France: includes insurance activities, banking activities and holding.
Europe: includes Switzerland (insurance activities), Germany (insurance activities and holding), Belgium and Luxemburg (insurance
AXA XL: includes insurance and reinsurance activities and holding.
Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM: includes (i) Asia: Japan (insurance activities and holding), Hong Kong (insurance activities), Thailand P&C, Indonesia L&S (excl. the bancassurance entity), China P&C, South Korea, and Asia Holdings which are fully consolidated, and China L&S, Thailand L&S, the Philippines L&S and P&C, Indonesia L&S and India (Life activities disposed on March 11, 2024 and holding) businesses which are consolidated under the equity method and contribute only to NBV, PVEP, the underlying earnings and net income, (ii) Africa: Egypt (insurance activities and holding), Morocco (insurance activities and holding) and Nigeria (insurance activities and holding) which are fully consolidated, (iii) EME-LATAM: Mexico (insurance activities),
Transversal & Other: includes AXA Assistance, AXA Liabilities Managers, AXA SA (incl. Group's internal reinsurance activity
AXA Investment Managers
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1 Change in gross written premiums & other revenues, new business value ('NBV') and present value of expected premiums ('PVEP') is on a comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology), unless otherwise indicated. These and other terms, including but not limited to contractual service margin ('CSM') and new business contractual service margin ('NB CSM'), are defined in the glossary section of this press release.
2 'Underlying earnings', 'underlying earnings per share', 'underlying return on equity', 'combined ratio' and 'debt gearing' are APMs as defined in ESMA's guidelines and the AMF's related position statement issued in 2015. AXA provides a reconciliation of such APMs to the most closely related line item, subtotal, or total in the financial statements of the corresponding period (and/or their calculation methodology, as applicable) in its Activity Report as of December 31, 2025 ('AXA's 2025 Activity Report'), on the pages indicated under the heading 'USE OF NON
3 AXA completed the disposal of AXA IM to BNP Paribas on July 1, 2025. All figures excluding AXA IM are given at constant foreign exchange rates.
4 On July 1, 2025, AXA executed a share repurchase agreement with an investment services provider, whereby AXA carried out a program to buyback its own shares for a maximum amount of Euro 3.8 billion to offset the earnings dilution from the sale of AXA Investment Managers to BNP Paribas, as announced on August 1, 2024. The share buyback commenced on July 2, 2025, and ended on January 20, 2026, resulting in a temporary earnings dilution as of December 31, 2025.
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7 Subject to approval by the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting to be held on April 30, 2026.
8 As approved by AXA's Board of Directors on February 25, 2026, and expected to commence as soon as reasonably practicable, subject to market conditions.
9 Expected underlying earnings per share ('UEPS') growth for 2026 is a forward
10 Estimated based on the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) and the amount of capital under Solvency II as of January 1, 2026, as if the Solvency II revision had come into force on the same date.
11 'Commercial lines' refers to P&C Commercial lines excluding AXA XL Reinsurance.
12 Price effects are calculated as a percentage of total gross written premiums of the prior year.
13 General account.
14 Including banking activities.
15 Including P&C. Please see Appendices of the FY25 earnings presentation available at www.axa.com for indicative sensitivities impacting CSM. These sensitivities, together with any other sensitivities contained in the Appendices, are based on management's current assessment in connection with the full
16 Including cash and liquid invested assets at AXA SA Holding and other central holdings.
17 To be executed in accordance with the terms of the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting authorization granted on April
18 Natural catastrophe charges include natural catastrophe losses regardless of event size.
19 Subject to annual Board and Shareholders' Annual General Meeting approvals and absent (1) for share buybacks, any significant earnings event (i.e., significant deviation in the Group's underlying earnings) and (2) for dividends, the occurrence of a
20 Payout ratio is calculated based on underlying earnings per share.
21 Life & Health net flows, PVEP, CSM, NB CSM, NBV, and NBV margin include Health business predominantly written in Life entities.
22 Restricted Tier 1: 'BBB+' by Standard & Poor's and 'Baa1(hyb)' by Moody's. Tier 2: 'A
23 AXA completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Prima in Italy on November 28, 2025.
24 Disposal to BNP Paribas completed on July 1, 2025.
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AXA's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, were examined by the Board of Directors on February 25, 2026, and are subject to completion of an audit procedure by AXA's statutory auditors.
====
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance, with 156,000 employees serving more than 92 million clients in 52 countries. In 2025, IFRS17 revenues amounted to Euro 115.5 billion and IFRS17 underlying earnings to Euro 8.4 billion.
The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISN FR 0000120628
The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD.
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It is a founding member of the UN Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
This press release and the regulated information made public by AXA pursuant to article L. 451-1-2 of the
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS AVAILABLE ON THE AXA GROUP WEBSITE axa.com
===
Certain statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans, expectations or objectives, and
In addition, this press release refers to certain
====
'''Investor Relations:'''
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== Appendices ==
i. Including Banking revenues amounting to Euro 99 million in FY25 and Euro 118 million in FY24.
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|+ 📊 AXA — GWP and Other Revenues by Segment and Business Line (EUR mm),
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! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left" | Segment
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change (reported)
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Asset
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Asset
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| style="text-align:left" | France
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i. Including underlying earnings of Holdings and Banking.
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | FY24
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | FY25
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i. Changes are at comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology)
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|+ 📊 AXA — P&C
|-
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Commercial
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Commercial Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Motor
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Non-Motor
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Total Reinsurance
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Reinsurance Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Total P&C FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Total Change
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| style="text-align:left" | France
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i. Calculated as monthly average from January 2024 to December 2024
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ii. Average of monthly opening discount rates of 2025
i. Price effect calculated as a percentage of total gross written premiums in the prior year.
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|+ 📊 AXA — P&C Price Effects by Country and Business Line, FY25 and 2026 Market Pricing Trends (%)
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! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left" | Country/Region
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Commercial Lines FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Personal Lines FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | AXA XL Reinsurance FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left; width:18em" | 2026 Market Pricing Trends
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| style="text-align:left" | Moderation of price increase
|-
| style="text-align:left" | AXA XL ii
| +0.2%
| —
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ii. Price increase on renewals at +0.3% in Insurance and +0.2% in Reinsurance. Price increase on renewals calculated as a percentage of renewed premiums.
i. Changes are at comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology)
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! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Total FY25
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Total Change
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| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''+5%'''
|-
| style="text-align:left" | o/w short-term (Health subset)
| 17,651
| +6%
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ii.
Includes Health business written predominantly in Life entities
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|+ 📊 AXA — Life New Business Metrics by
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! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left" | Region
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" |
|-
| style="text-align:left" | France
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| 3.5%
| +0.1 pt
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Europe
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| 4.7%
| -0.7pt
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM
| 12,029
| +7%
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| 6.3%
| -0.1pt
|-
| style="background:#f8f9fa; border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align:left" | '''Total'''
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| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''4.7%'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''-0.1pt'''
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|+ 📊 AXA — Health New Business Metrics by Region, FY25 (EUR mm)
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! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left" | Region
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | PVEP
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | NBV
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | NBV margin
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | France
| 7,887
| -20%
| 177
| +13%
| 2.2%
| +0.7pt
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Europe
| 2,549
| +16%
| 104
| +36%
| 4.1%
| +0.6pt
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM
| 1,817
| -6%
| 205
| -12%
| 11.3%
| -0.8pt
|-
| style="background:#f8f9fa; border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align:left" | '''Total'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''12,254'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''-12%'''
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| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''4.0%'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''+0.6pt'''
|}
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|+ 📊 AXA — Total New Business Metrics by Region, FY25 (EUR mm)
|-
! style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:left" | Region
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | PVEP
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | NBV
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | NBV margin
! style="background:#eaecf0; width:6em" | Change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | France
| 22,858
| -10%
| 695
| +3%
| 3.0%
| +0.4pts
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Europe
| 12,651
| +5%
| 578
| -5%
| 4.6%
| -0.5pts
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM
| 13,847
| +5%
| 959
| +1%
| 6.9%
| -0.3pts
|-
| style="background:#f8f9fa; border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1; text-align:left" | '''Total'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''49,357'''
| style="background:#f8f9fa" | '''-2%'''
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Changes are at comparable basis (constant forex, scope and methodology)
i. Includes Health business written predominantly in Life entities
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ii. Capital
iii. Including Investment contracts with no discretionary participation features ('DPF')
==== Main transactions in 2025
Announced the execution of a share repurchase agreement in relation to AXA's share buyback program of up to Euro 1.2 billion (February 28, 2025)
Announced the completion of the acquisition of Nobis Group in Italy (April 1, 2025)
Announced the placement of Euro 1 billion Restricted Tier 1 Notes and Euro 1 billion Tier 2 Notes (May 28, 2025)
Announced the execution of a share repurchase agreement in relation to AXA's Shareplan and certain stock
Announced the completion of the sale of AXA Investment Managers to BNP Paribas (July 1, 2025)
Announced the execution of a share repurchase agreement of up to Euro 3.8 billion following the sale of AXA IM (July 1, 2025)
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HY26 Earnings Release (July 31, 2026)
AXA Investor Day (September 21, 2026)
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