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Freedom Holding Raises $300M for Global Expansion

Bloomberg Markets •
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Kazakhstan billionaire Timur Turlov's Freedom Holding Corp. completed a $300 million secondary share offering priced at $126.35 per share, the Nasdaq-listed company said in an emailed statement. The placement was executed outside the United States and excluded American investors, a structure that sidesteps SEC registration requirements while tapping international demand for the brokerage and financial services group.

The capital injection supports Freedom's aggressive international expansion strategy, which has already pushed the firm into more than a dozen markets across Europe and Central Asia. Turlov, who controls a majority stake, has built the company from a local Kazakh broker into a cross-border platform offering trading, banking, and insurance products to retail and institutional clients.

The offer price implies a market valuation near $7.5 billion based on shares outstanding, positioning Freedom among the largest independent financial conglomerates in the region. Excluding U.S. participants limits the immediate shareholder base but avoids regulatory friction that has complicated other emerging-market listings.

Investors should monitor how efficiently Freedom deploys this capital across new licenses and technology infrastructure. The company's ability to replicate its high-margin Kazakh model in lower-penetration markets will determine whether the current valuation holds or faces pressure from execution risk.