The company's purpose is to carry out all financial activities and transactions, in particular trading on domestic and foreign stock exchanges and capital markets, trading in securities and commodities, as well as management and investment of capital, excluding those legal transactions that fall under the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Dealers (BEHG) or the Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (KAG), provision of services of all kinds, in particular in the areas of administration and management, corporate and tax consulting, corporate restructuring and commercial partnerships, conducting analyses and studies including evaluations and presentations of system solutions, exercising mandates of all kinds and acting as a broker, trading in real estate, excluding those legal transactions that fall under the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG), as well as construction of real estate, investment of capital in the areas of art, jewelry, precious stones and metals and raw materials of all kinds, as well as trading in these goods; complete purpose description according to the articles of association. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.