Freedom Holding Corp (FRHC)

Freedom Holding Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, securities dealing, market making, investment research, and investment counseling services in Central Asia, the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: Brokerage, Banking, Insurance, and Other. The Banking segment offers lending, deposit, payment card, money transfers, and correspondent accounts. The Insurance segment provides freedom of life, which includes life, health, annuity, accident, and obligatory worker emergency coverage; and freedom insurance, which includes general insurance services. The Brokerage segment offers securities brokerage services, including retail brokerage services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter corporate equity and debt securities, money market instruments, exchange-traded options and futures contracts, government bonds, and mutual funds; securities trading; underwriting services; margin lending services collateralized by securities and cash in the customer’s account; and investment banking. It also provides capital-raising solutions for corporate clients through ipo and follow-on offerings, as well as debt capital markets, including buyouts, acquisitions, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations, as well as information processing services. In addition, it facilitates repurchase and reverse-repurchase agreements in proprietary trading activities; and covers short positions and settles other securities obligations to accommodate customers' needs and finance its inventory positions. The Other segment offers payment processing services, online retail trade, e-commerce services, online ticket sales, telecommunications and media services. It also engages in proprietary securities trading activities. Furthermore, it provides its flagship technology product, which is the proprietary Tradernet software platform. It was formerly known as BMB Munai, Inc. and changed its name to Freedom Holding Corp. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in New York, New York.