The purpose of the company is to provide consulting services in the financial sector, excluding financial intermediation services or activities requiring prior authorization from the FINMA. The company may engage in all commercial, financial or other activities directly or indirectly related to its purpose, establish branches and subsidiaries both domestically and abroad, and invest in other companies both domestically and abroad. It may acquire, hold and dispose of real estate exclusively for business purposes. The company may grant loans and other forms of financing to its shareholders as well as to its branches and subsidiaries established both domestically and abroad, and provide securities of any kind directly or indirectly in favor of its shareholders, branches and subsidiaries or in favor of third parties, particularly in the form of guarantees, pledges or fiduciary assignments of the company's assets.