to provide all services and advice in the field of finance and investment management in accordance with the Federal Act on Financial Services (FinSA), excluding any activity subject to the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (FinIA). The company may also carry out any other activity having a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or directly or indirectly related to it.