The company's purpose, both in Switzerland and abroad, is to offer all consulting services and financial services, excluding any activity subject to the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (LEFin) and the Federal Act on Financial Services (LSFin); the purchase, holding, sale, rental, management, operation, brokerage, and promotion of all real estate, as well as all consulting services and services in the field of real estate. The company may establish branches and affiliated companies in Switzerland and abroad; it may grant loans or guarantees of any kind to its shareholders or affiliated companies. It may provide guarantees, sureties, and pledges for loans and debts of its shareholders, affiliated companies, and individuals, or third parties. The company may also carry out, on its own account and on behalf of third parties, all commercial, financial, securities, or real estate transactions, take participations in other companies, and, in general, carry out all operations having a direct or indirect connection with its purpose.