The distribution of Swiss and foreign collective capital investments in Switzerland, the provision of administrative services and quantitative financial research for the benefit of other financial companies. The Company may carry out any commercial and financial transaction, as well as any form of advice, directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may register branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), in the case of real estate in Switzerland, these will be limited to an exclusively commercial use. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide guarantees of all kinds, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges and securities on the company's assets.