The company's purpose is to hold trust assets on behalf of and at the risk of its clients, as well as to provide all related services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies of any kind, assume representations, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may provide direct or indirect financing to other companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans or other financing, and provide collateral of any kind for the obligations of these companies, including by granting pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by providing other guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company may also provide such financing for unaffiliated third parties and provide such collateral for the obligations of unaffiliated third parties. It may acquire, lease, rent, encumber, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, or sell any type of debt or securities in Switzerland or abroad.