The company's purpose is to take over asset management and asset consulting mandates, as well as to provide consulting services to banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and other financial services companies. Furthermore, the company may engage in trade with goods of all kinds. The company may enter into and conclude all transactions that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. In addition, the company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, found such companies or merge with them. The company may acquire, encumber, sell, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.