The company aims to develop and provide consulting services and training programs for executives; to acquire, trade and sell art; to acquire, sell, hold and manage participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad; to acquire, sell, hold and manage real estate; to register and exploit patents and trademarks as well as licenses, know-how and intellectual property in general, and to trade with such rights; to carry out all commercial, financial and industrial operations, including with securities or real estate, that are connected with the aforementioned objectives, and to establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to group companies or third parties and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind.