The company's purpose is to provide investment advice and asset management, to advise, broker and execute financing transactions, as well as to conduct trust business of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland or abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland or abroad. It may provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.