Company: FRHC
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000924805-25-000002
Chunk: 251

Company: Freedom Holding Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 251
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 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023. The increase between the two quarters was primarily attributable to the following:

•Our insurance underwriting income for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $177.5 million, an increase of $98.5 million or 125%, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023. The increase was driven by the expansion of our insurance operations such as in the pension annuity and accident insurance between the two quarters.

•We had a net gain on trading securities of $89.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared to a net loss on trading securities of $5.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023. The majority of the net gain for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was attributable to the increase in the market prices of Kazakhstan sovereign bonds held in our proprietary portfolio during the quarter.

•Our fee and commission income for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $143.4 million, an increase of $23.3 million, or 19%, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to an increase in fee and commission income from brokerage services and banking services.

•We had a net gain on derivatives for the three months ended December 31, 2024 in the amount of $11.9 million, an increase of $54.5 million, or 128%, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023. The gain for the three months ended June 30, 2024 was due to revaluation of currency swaps.

We had total expense of $556.9 million, for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $307.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to increases in fee and commission expense, insurance claims incurred (net of reinsurance), payroll and bonuses, general and administrative expense, advertising expense and stock based compensation expense.

We had net income of $78.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $96.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023. Our Brokerage, Banking, Insurance, and Other segments contributed net income of $102.3 million, net income of $34.5 million and net loss