Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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The following table presents related party transactions as of December 31, 2023, and March 31, 2023:
December 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
Related party balances
Total category as per financial statements captions
 Related party balances
Total category as per financial statements captions
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ —  $ 561,883  $ 35,549  $ 581,417 
Companies controlled by management
 —  35,549 
Restricted cash 67,215  $ 384,553  $ 114,885  $ 445,528 
Companies controlled by management
 67,215  114,885 
Trading securities
 $ 16,220  $ 3,680,453  $ 556  $ 2,412,556 
Companies controlled by management
 16,220  556 
Margin lending, brokerage and other receivables, net
 $ 43,241  $ 961,392  $ 295,611  $ 376,329 
Management 14,036  4,209 
Companies controlled by management
 29,205  291,402 
Loans issued $ 144,289  $ 1,346,005  $ 121,316  $ 826,258 
Management 116  139 
Companies controlled by management
 144,173  121,177 
Other assets, net $ 533  $ 88,244  $ 16,102  $ 73,463 
Companies controlled by management
 533  16,102 
LIABILITIES
Customer liabilities
 $ 112,701  $ 2,248,042  $ 130,210  $ 1,925,247 
Management 5,243  19,789 
Companies controlled by management
 106,561  110,253 
Other
 897  168 
Margin lending and trade payables
 $ 474  $ 145,804  $ 3,721  $ 122,900 
Management 222  227 
Companies controlled by management
 252  3,494 
Other liabilities
 $ 11,783  $ 61,447  $ 46  $ 30,060 
Management 7,700  — 
Companies controlled by management
 4,074  46 
Other
 9  — 
Three Months Ended December 31,
2023 2022
Related party transactions
Total category as per financial statements captions
 Related party transactions
Total category as per financial statements captions
Revenue:
Fee and commission income $ 30,112  $ 120,159  $ 44,590  $ 80,883 
Management 226  149 
Companies controlled by management
 29,878  44,441 
Other
 8 — 
Interest income $ 7,566  $ 226,445  $ 10,796  $ 80,255 
Management 208  — 
Companies controlled by management
 7,358  10,796 
Net gain on foreign exchange operations
 $ 593  $ 38,825  $ —  $ 20,866 
Management 13 — 
Companies controlled by management 580 — 
Expense:
Fee and commission expense $ 55  $ 42,818  $ 2,304  $ 18,314 
Companies controlled by management
 55  2,304 
Interest expense $ 230  $ 131,223  $ 82  $ 52,037 
Management 62  1 
Companies controlled by management
 160  81 
Other 8  — 
General and administrative expenses $ 1,502  $ 32,106  $ 600  $ 16,428 
Management 226  105 
Companies controlled by management
 1,041  495 
Other 235  — 
Nine Months Ended December 31,
2023 2022
Related party transactions
Total category as per financial statements captions
 Related party transactions
Total category as per financial statements captions
Revenue:
Fee and commission income $ 66,029  $ 330,565  $ 181,396  $ 253,486 
Management 691  382 
Companies controlled by management
 65,322  181,014 
Other 16  — 
Interest income $ 22,650  $ 588,857  $ 21,659  $ 187,817 
Management 512  — 
Companies controlled by management
 22,137  21,659 
Other
 1  — 
Net gain on foreign exchange operations
 $ 5,236  $ 54,430  $ —  $ 30,014 
Management 14  — 
Companies controlled by management 5,222  — 
Expense:
Fee and commission expense $ 235  $ 103,116  $ 2,657  $ 60,068 
Companies controlled by management
 235  2,657 
Interest expense $ 635  $ 365,650  $ 129  $ 132,971 
Management 236 1 
Companies controlled by management
 384 128 
Other
 15 — 
General and administrative expenses $ 9,063  $ 86,211  $ 803  $ 40,943 
Management 397  269 
Companies controlled by management
 8,346  534 
Other
 320  — 
During the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group engaged in various related party transactions, a substantial amount of which were conducted with FST Belize, a Belize company which is wholly owned personally by the Company’s chief executive officer, chairman and majority shareholder, Timur Turlov, and is not part of the FRHC group of companies. FST Belize has its own brokerage customers, which include individuals and market-maker institutions and conducts business with the Group through a client omnibus account at Freedom EU.
Fee and commission income earned from related parties is comprised primarily of brokerage commissions principally FST Belize. Fee and commission income earned from FST Belize principally consists of fees and commissions paid by FST Belize to Freedom EU to execute trades requested by brokerage customers of FST Belize, as well as commissions paid by FST Belize for order flow, which is net compensation received from firms to which the Company's broker-dealer subsidiaries send equity and options orders, and fees for outstanding short sale positions. For the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group's earned fee and commission income from FST Belize accounted for approximately 96% and 98% of the Group's total related party fee and commission income. For the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group's fee and commission income from FST Belize accounted for approximately 96% and 93% of the Group's total related party fee and commission income.
Interest income earned from related parties is comprised entirely of interest income from FST Belize, principally interest income from margin lending. For the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group's interest income generated from FST Belize accounted for approximately 92% and 100% of the Group's total related party interest income. For the nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Group's interest income from FST Belize accounted for approximately 96% and 100% of the Group's total related party interest income.
Margin lending, brokerage and other receivables from related parties principally represent margin lending receivables in respect of margin loans granted by Freedom EU to FST Belize. As of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023, the Group's margin lending receivables from FST Belize accounted for 63% and 98% of the Group's total margin lending, brokerage and other receivables from related parties.
As of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023, 75% and 18%, respectively, of the Group's customer liabilities were deposits from FST Belize held by Freedom EU related to brokerage services provided by Freedom EU to FST Belize.
As of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2023, the Group had loans issued which included uncollateralized bank customer loans purchased from a related party, FFIN Credit, a company outside of the FRHC group which is controlled by Timur Turlov.
Margin lending, brokerage and related banking services were provided to related parties pursuant to standard client account agreements and at standard market rates.