The company's purpose is to develop and market software in the fields of investment consulting, asset management, portfolio management, corporate analysis, and other economic issues, to advise third parties, to operate software and information services in its own name and on behalf of third parties, as well as to carry out all activities related thereto. The company may also be active in other areas to market the technology it has developed more broadly (e.g. database systems). The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate.