Axa to Divest Its Tobacco Industry Assets Worth $2 Billion

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  • Axa’s tobacco holdings include Philip Morris, Altria

Cigarettes are arranged for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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Axa SA, France’s largest insurer, said it will stop investing in tobacco and divest all of its 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) of assets in the industry.

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