The purpose of the company is to provide consulting services in the financial, real estate and fund sectors. The company can acquire, hold, exploit or sell patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights as well as license rights thereto. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in companies of any kind, take over representations and engage in any business activities and conclude contracts of any kind that may promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. It can acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad. The company can grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of any kind for the obligations of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.