AXA, a global investment management firm, has entered exclusive negotiations with BNP Paribas to sell its subsidiary AXA Investment Managers, in a massive transaction that is expected to be completed in summer 2025. BNP Paribas Cardif will pay €5.1 billion or roughly $5.6 billion in cash and the deal will take BNP Paribas' assets under management to around €1.5 billion, bringing it a step closer to peer Amundi, which has €2.150 billion.