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AXA FINANCIAL PARTNERS WITH TWO WOMENS RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW ITS PRESENCE IN THE WOMEN'S MARKET

NEW YORK – AXA Financial is pleased to announce that it has formed alliances with two well known and distinct research organizations, The Center for Women’s Business Research and Catalyst.   This move is part of AXA’s strategy to become the company where women go for financial advice and to build a career in financial services.

The Center for Women’s Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. Since 1989, the Center for Women’s Business Research has generated research-based intelligence that has helped public- and private-sector leaders, advocates, and individual women business owners make informed strategic decisions for generating greater business opportunities.

Catalyst is the leading research and advisory organization working with businesses and the professions to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work. As an independent, nonprofit membership organization, Catalyst conducts research on all aspects of women’s career advancement.   

“We chose to work with both of these organizations because each has a particular specialty when it comes to women’s research” said Stacy Braun, senior vice president of Marketing for AXA Financial, Inc.   “The Center provides research on women-owned businesses, and this will help us as we continue to work with women business owners to help them grow and protect their business and personal assets.”

Braun want on to say, “The research that Catalyst provides is equally important to us as we enhance our culture at AXA Financial for our own women professionals, while continuing to grow our client base of women consumers by understanding their financial needs and providing products and services to help them achieve their goals.”

AXA Financial is one of the premier U.S. organizations providing financial protection and wealth management through its strong brands: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors, LLC, Alliance Capital Management, L.P., Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, AXA Distributors, LLC, and the MONY family of companies, including MONY Life Insurance Company, U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company, Advest, Inc., and Lebenthal, a division of Advest, Inc. (Member: NYSE, NASD, SIPC.) AXA Financial had approximately $598 billion in assets under management. 

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GE-33129 (08/05)