Company: FRHC
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000924805-25-000002
Chunk: 282

Company: Freedom Holding Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 282
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 135,015 141 %Total expense, net$1,418,392 $839,542 $578,850 69 %

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For the nine months ended December 31, 2024, total expenses, net increased across each of our business segments compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2023.

Brokerage Segment

In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, total expenses, net in our Brokerage segment increased primarily due to an increase in payroll and bonuses, reflecting our efforts to attract and retain top talent. Additionally, there was an increase in fee and commission expense, which was in turn mainly due to agency fees expense. Advertising expenses in this segment also increased as we intensified our marketing efforts to expand our client base. Furthermore, stock compensation expense increased, attributable to new stock grants and partial amortization of old stock grants. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses and provision for allowance for expected credit loses, due to a one-off accrual of allowance in the nine months ended December 31, 2023. 

Banking Segment

In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, total expenses, net in our Banking segment increased primarily due to increase in interest expense on securities repurchase agreements within this segment, an increase in general and administrative expense, an increase in payroll and bonuses expense and provision for credit losses/(recoveries), reflecting the general growth of Freedom Bank KZ's operations between the two periods. 

Insurance Segment

In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, total expenses, net in our Insurance segment increased mainly due to $148.7 million increase in fee and commission expense from agency fees, $4.3 million increase in stock based compensation, $122.0 million increase of insurance claims incurred, net of reinsurance due to the increase of insurance portfolio,$13.4 million increase in general and administrative expense due to the charity and $12.8 million increase in payroll and bonuses expense due to the increase in headcount and bonuses paid. These increases are attributable to the overall growth of our insurance operations between the two periods. These increases were partially offset by the effects of decrease in interest expense.

Other Segment

In the nine months ended December 31, 2024, total expenses, net in our Other segment increase was driven by increases in general and administrative expenses, payroll and bonuses, interest expense and fee and commission expense. The increase of $59 million in general and administrative