The company's purpose is to provide financial services, in particular investment advice as well as brokerage and intermediary services in the financial sector. It can acquire, merge with or establish companies and/or participations in such companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, sell or grant real estate or rights to real estate, patents, licenses and other intangible assets, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.