Management consulting for companies in industry, trade and commerce, banks, insurance companies and public administrations for the strategic and organizational development of their businesses, for questions of operational efficiency improvement in logistics and production, information management, technology and innovation management as well as environmental management; conducting investigations and clarifications; trading in goods of all kinds; financing and providing guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties; granting loans or advances to third parties, in particular to direct or indirect shareholders and affiliated companies; guaranteeing the obligations of these third parties, in particular through pledges, transfer of ownership or assignment of security or in other ways; participations; acquisition, encumbrance, sale and management of real estate.