Financier
Financier №1 (41) 2026

This issue focuses on women’s impact on the global economy, their achievements as CEOs of leading corporations, investment strategies, and consumer trends. An interview with Russian pop star МакSим
Content
Editorial
The New Driving Force
The Essentials
Women in Investments
In Practice
Gender‑Bending Capital
Infographics
Female Investment Behaviour: Patterns and Trends
Interview
Assel Mukazhanova (AIX)
Guide
Investing Beyond Myths
Infographics
Everything is unfolding as expected
Perspective
Cherchez la Femme
Infographics
Queen's Gambit
On Trend
The Surprise Box
Growth Point
The Undervalued Factor
Evolution
The Modest Charm of Luxury
Infographics
Deluxe Library
Interview
Anastasiya Vesselko
Story
A Star Called Macy’s
Biography
The Iron Lady of the Auto Industry
Interview
Alina Aldambergen (KASE)
Business
Operational Clean‑Up
Technology
Lisa Su – The Rock‑Solid CEO
Infographics
The She‑Wolves of Wall Street
Breaking Borders
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Personal Experience
Rules for Good Returns
Perspective
Different View
Experts Speak
Her Business
Investment Ideas
Prudent Investments
Profile
Guest of the Issue – МакSим
Chronicle
Сhronicle

Financier №1 (41) 2026
Owner: Alteco Partners LLP
Editor-in-Chief: Kayrat Shaikhiev
Publishing Editor: Natalia Kharlashina
Design, Infographics: Vladislav Volkov, Yevgeniya Chernyshova, Igor Uglinskikh
Copy Editor: Tatyana Nikolayeva
Editors: Anastasiya Skripnichenko, Alexandra Akanayeva
Proofreader: Dariya Baltrushaitis
Issue Coordinators: Yuliya Galitskaya, Artiom Lavrischev
Photos in the Issue: personal archives of Assel Mukazhanova, Anastasiya Veselko and Alina Aldambergen, Freedom Holding Corp. press relation service
Cover photo: MakSim (Marina Maksimova)
Photographers: Rita and Anton Smirnovs
The magazine is registered with the Ministry of Information and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Certificate of Registration No. 17775-Zh, July 3, 2019
Editorial Office Address: A05D7M5, Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Zheltoksan Street, 115, 5th Floor. Tel./Fax: +7 (727) 232 24 46. Email: [email protected]
Signed for publication: March 10, 2026. Print run: 45,000 copies
The magazine is distributed free of charge
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