The company's purpose is to provide all services and advice in the fields of finance, trade and processing of goods and raw materials and their derivatives, as well as all activities directly or indirectly related thereto, in Switzerland and abroad. The company may: engage in any financial, commercial or industrial activity, whether movable or immovable (except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE), directly or indirectly related to its purpose; establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in any enterprise having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or guarantees to associates, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies or third parties, if it serves its interests or those of the group of companies to which it belongs; carry out any cash pooling activity for the account of the group to which it belongs.