all activities in the context of wealth management, including for collective assets, and investment consulting, as well as all other activities in the financial sector; the company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad; the company may acquire, hold and dispose of real estate (in Switzerland only those with exclusively commercial use); the company may acquire, hold and dispose of interests or participations in any company, enterprise, activity or association without distinction, whether by intervention or otherwise, both in Switzerland and abroad, it being specified that the company may hold a participation in a real estate company in Switzerland if the real estate company has the purpose of acquiring real estate with exclusively commercial use; it may manage, improve and dispose of these interests or participations and participate in the management, direction, control or liquidation of all companies, enterprises, activities or associations in which the company has an interest or participation; the company may provide financial assistance, including loans, advances, guarantees or securities of all kinds, to its subsidiaries, sister companies, parent company or any other affiliated company, for consideration or free of charge; the company may also carry out all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose or that promote or facilitate its development.