To provide any advice or service on behalf of third parties, in Switzerland and abroad, particularly in the fields of investment, strategy, development, management, negotiation, acquisition, financial engineering, intellectual property, technology transfer, execution of financial or commercial transactions as well as contractual matters; to carry out, on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all operations, particularly financial, commercial and industrial, including acquiring, selling and holding participations in any type of company, in Switzerland and abroad, raw materials, all other natural resources as well as finished and semi-finished equipment goods, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners of December 16, 1983 (LFAIE) (see articles of association for complete purpose).