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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade Rating to Freedom Life Unit

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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade Rating to Freedom Life Unit

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    Moody's has initiated credit coverage on Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting subsidiaries, assigning Freedom Life an investment-grade Insurance Financial Strength Rating of Baa3 and Freedom Insurance a Ba1 rating, both carrying stable outlooks. This marks the first time any operating unit within the group has attained investment-grade standing. The Baa3 rating establishes credit eligibility for broader institutional counterparty agreements, lower wholesale funding spreads, and expanded commercial partnership capacity across Central Asian and international financial markets.

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    Market Ontology
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    2026-09-06
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade Rating to Freedom Life Unit”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-06. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-06/moody-s-assigns-first-time-baa3-investment-grade-rating-to-freedom-life-unit-833e16

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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade Rating to Freedom Life Unit
    Moody's has initiated credit coverage on Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting subsidiaries, assigning Freedom Life an investment-grade Insurance Financial Strength Rating of Baa3 and Freedom Insurance a Ba1 rating, both carrying stable outlooks. This marks the first time any operating unit within the group has attained investment-grade standing. The Baa3 rating establishes credit eligibility for broader institutional counterparty agreements, lower wholesale funding spreads, and expanded commercial partnership capacity across Central Asian and international financial markets.
    FRHC
    Impact
    64
    SEP 6
    SIG
    90%
    FRHC
    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade Rating to Freedom Life Unit
    Moody's has initiated credit coverage on Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting subsidiaries, assigning Freedom Life an investment-grade Insurance Financial Strength Rating of Baa3 and Freedom Insurance a Ba1 rating, both carrying stable outlooks. This marks the first time any operating unit within the group has attained investment-grade standing. The Baa3 rating establishes credit eligibility for broader institutional counterparty agreements, lower wholesale funding spreads, and expanded commercial partnership capacity across Central Asian and international financial markets.
    → Achieving a Baa3 investment-grade credit rating reduces capital cost and broadens institutional reinsurance and institutional deposit access for FRHC operating subsidiaries.
    Impact
    Moody's has initiated credit coverage on Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting subsidiaries, assigning Freedom Life an investment-grade Insurance Financial Strength Rating of Baa3 and Freedom Insurance a Ba1 rating, both carrying stable outlooks. This marks the first time any operating unit within the group has attained investment-grade standing. The Baa3 rating establishes credit eligibility for broader institutional counterparty agreements, lower wholesale funding spreads, and expanded commercial partnership capacity across Central Asian and international financial markets.
    Affected
    FRHC
    Transmission
    Achieving a Baa3 investment-grade credit rating reduces capital cost and broadens institutional reinsurance and institutional deposit access for FRHC operating subsidiaries.

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    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    FRHCinstitutional credit profile expansion and debt financing cost reductionUp1-4wFreedom Life secured first-time Baa3 investment-grade rating from Moody's.

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