The company's purpose is to engage in trust and insurance business, financial and commercial transactions of all kinds, as well as investment and corporate consulting. The company may conduct financing and security transactions, as well as management tasks, also for the benefit or in the interest of affiliated companies and engage in other types of investments. The company may establish branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad by resolution of the board of directors. The company may acquire, encumber and sell intellectual property rights and real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.