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STATUTORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Broker-Dealer [Abstract]  
STATUTORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS STATUTORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
The Company has two insurance subsidiaries operating in Kazakhstan: Freedom Life (a regulated life insurer) and Freedom Insurance (a regulated property and casualty insurance entity). The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 126-II "On Insurance Activities" (the "Insurance Law") is the main law regulating the insurance sector in Kazakhstan. It establishes a framework for insurance activities, registration and licensing of insurance companies and regulation of insurance activities by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of Financial Market (“ARDFM”).
Freedom Life and Freedom Insurance are required to notify and coordinate with the ARDFM any proposals to declare or pay a dividend. The amount of dividends these subsidiaries are permitted to declare is limited to the relevant subsidiary’s realized retained earnings and dividends can only be paid to the extent they will not cause a breach of the minimum solvency and capital requirements of the relevant subsidiary. As of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, Freedom Life and Freedom Insurance were in compliance with the ARDFM dividend, minimum solvency and minimum capital requirements. Freedom KZ in its capacity of an insurance holding is also limited in declaration and payment of dividends if such payment leads to breach of capital ratios applicable to insurance companies Freedom Life and Freedom Insurance.
There are no significant differences between the statutory accounting practices and statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the insurance subsidiaries.
In addition, the Company's subsidiaries operate under various securities brokerage, banking and financial services regulations and must maintain such licenses in order to conduct their operations. As of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company, through its subsidiaries, held: (a) brokerage licenses (i) in Kazakhstan issued by ARDFM and the Astana Financial Services Authority (the "AFSA"), (ii) in Cyprus issued by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ("CySEC"), (iii) in the United States issued by FINRA, (iv) in Armenia issued by the Central Bank of Armenia, and (v) in Uzbekistan issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, (vi) in Kyrgyzstan issued by the Service for Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Market under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (the "SRFM"); (b) a banking license for foreign currency operations in Kazakhstan issued by the ARDFM; (c) a banking license for corporate and retail banking services in Kazakhstan issued by the ARDFM (including for currency exchange operations); and (d) special registration as a payment service provider in Kazakhstan with the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and licenses in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan for payments services from the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Central Bank of Uzbekistan, respectively. In addition, following receipt of a principal approval by the Turkey's financial regulatory and supervisory authority granted on January 9, 2025, we are in the process of obtaining a license to provide brokerage services in Turkey.
The table below presents net capital/eligible equity, required minimum capital, excess regulatory capital and retained earnings as of December 31, 2024 for each of the regulated entities that is material for our condensed consolidated financial statements.
(amounts in thousands)Regulated activitiesNet Capital/Eligible EquityRequired Minimum capital/solvencyExcess regulatory capitalRetained earnings
Freedom Bank KZ
Banking
$393,276 $180,929 $212,347 $280,519 
Freedom EUBrokerage269,087 10,971 258,116 443,939 
Freedom GlobalBrokerage66,620 23,010 43,610 107,948 
Freedom KZBrokerage57,264 352 56,912 135,272 
Freedom LifeLife Insurance48,936 10,546 38,390 70,586 
Freedom InsuranceProperty and Casualty Insurance41,057 10,546 30,511 39,807 
Freedom ARBrokerage34,680 759 33,921 35,440 
Other regulated operating subsidiariesOther13,782 24913,533 (21,923)
$924,702 $237,362 $687,340 $1,091,588 
According to the requirements of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the regulator of Freedom KZ and Freedom Life, capital is adjusted through subtraction of non-liquid assets. Consequently, it may result that net capital for regulatory purposes may be lower than retained earnings balances. As per capital requirements applicable to Freedom EU regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission and Freedom Global regulated by Astana Financial Services Authority, current year profit is not included within net capital for regulatory purposes, as profits can only be included in net capital after a statutory audit is completed.
The table below presents net capital/eligible equity, required minimum capital, excess regulatory capital and retained earnings as of March 31, 2024 for each of the regulated entities that is material for our condensed consolidated financial statements.
(amounts in thousands)Regulated activitiesNet Capital/Eligible EquityRequired Minimum capital/solvencyExcess regulatory capitalRetained earnings
Freedom Bank KZ
Banking
$329,738 $196,594 $133,144 $193,376 
Freedom EUBrokerage269,424 10,868 258,556 319,484 
Freedom KZBrokerage107,064 413 106,651 122,416 
Freedom LifeLife Insurance50,757 12,395 38,362 57,085 
Freedom InsuranceProperty and Casualty Insurance30,011 12,395 17,616 19,773 
Freedom GlobalBrokerage16,428 12,352 4,076 117,468 
Freedom ARBrokerage7,317 763 6,554 6,447 
Other regulated operating subsidiariesOther8,533 1558,378 (11,665)
$819,272 $245,935 $573,337 $824,384