The company's purpose is to establish and operate a competence center for providing internal group services in the financial sector. This includes, among other things, services such as reporting, including support and consulting on regulatory requirements and reporting obligations, financial market analysis, financing, coordination and execution of financial transactions, provision of risk management services, and provision of all other related services. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, hold and manage intellectual property rights, acquire and sell real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose, or promote companies that are controlled by the same shareholder in terms of capital and voting rights. The company may engage in financing transactions and provide security for the obligations of its shareholders and affiliated companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, and security transfers.