In Switzerland and abroad, to provide consulting and analysis services in the fields of finance and new technologies. The company may also acquire, hold and dispose of interests or participations in any company, business, activity or association without distinction, both in Switzerland and abroad, excluding any participation in a real estate company in Switzerland. It may manage, improve and dispose of these interests or participations and participate in the management, direction, control or liquidation of all companies, businesses, activities or associations in which the company has an interest or participation. The company may establish branches abroad or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties; carry out for its own account all commercial, financial, securities transactions, in direct or indirect relation to its main purpose.