Freedom Capital Markets Appoints Edward Maguire as Senior Managing Director of U.S. Equities Research Team

Freedom Capital Markets (FCM), the investment banking and equity capital markets branch of Prime Executions, Inc., a subsidiary of Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC), has announced the appointment of Edward Maguire as the Senior Managing Director of Research. This strategic move aims to align the company's global strategy and growth plans.

Robert Wotczak, President and CEO of Freedom Capital Markets, expressed his enthusiasm about the new appointment, stating, "Ed's comprehensive skill set and experienced leadership supports our drive to broaden and deepen our footprint and client offering for U.S. equities across research, sales, and trading."

Maguire brings nearly 25 years of experience in equity research, banking, and finance to his new role. Before joining Freedom Capital Markets, he served as Equity Research Principal at SMBC Nikko Securities America, where he led a team of equity research analysts. His career also includes founding Bluemont Partners advisory and serving as an Insights Partner at Momenta Partners, an industrial impact venture capital firm. Additionally, Maguire held the position of Managing Director at CLSA Americas, focusing on the software industry, technology, and innovation.

Earlier in his career, Maguire worked as an Investment Banker and Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch and CIBC World Markets, specializing in enterprise software. His expertise in the software and technology sectors has been featured in major media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, FOX Business, and the Wall Street Journal. Maguire holds a B.A. in Music from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Rutgers Business School.

Freedom Capital Markets provides corporate and institutional clients with a variety of investment banking, finance, and capital markets advisory services. Their tailored solutions include IPOs, follow-on offerings, shelf offerings, rights offerings, PIPEs, SPACs, private placements, and convertible issues. As the investment banking and equity capital markets arm of Prime Executions, Inc., FCM aims to fuel growth for its clients.

Freedom Holding Corp., the parent company of FCM, is a diversified financial services holding company based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It operates in 19 countries, including the United States, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan. The company conducts retail securities brokerage, securities trading, investment research, investment counseling, investment banking and underwriting services, mortgages, insurance, and commercial banking, among other services, under the names Freedom24 in Europe and Central Asia, and Freedom Capital Markets in the United States. Freedom Holding Corp. employs over 6,000 people and is a member of several major stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The company’s common shares are traded under the symbol FRHC on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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