The performance of consulting, marketing, market research, analysis of financial, organizational and management aspects of companies, evaluation and implementation of business organization plans, assistance in the introduction, marketing and development of any type of product or service in Switzerland and/or abroad, as well as any other related activity. The company may also acquire, sell, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general. The company may also engage in activities of granting loans, guarantees, including mortgages, sureties and guarantees, also in favor of third parties, excluding, however, the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations. The company may assume, both directly and indirectly, interests and participations in other companies or industrial, commercial, financial and service enterprises in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations or of any other kind deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving its purpose.