In Switzerland and abroad: music publishing and editorial management; production, acquisition, distribution, and exploitation by any other means of phonograms and videograms, directly or through licenses; provision of general services to artists, including management, career management, consulting, and promotion services; production and dissemination of live shows, events, and performances, concerts, conferences, etc.; trade in catalogs of intangible assets and/or related rights, in particular any work of the mind or any other object protected by copyright, related rights, or sui generis rights, or any trademark; all services, including product development, product and service management, marketing, and trade in all kinds of goods, may acquire subsidiaries of national and foreign companies, participate in other companies, carry out financing operations for its own account or for the account of third parties, provide guarantees and other securities, acquire, manage, and exploit intellectual property rights (cf. statutes for full purpose).