All commercial transactions, management and operation of all assets, administration of the company's assets and management of its own assets, as well as the acquisition of participations in other companies, all in compliance with the Federal Act on Financial Services (FinSA), but excluding any activity subject to the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (FinIA). It may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, movable or immovable transactions directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and may be interested, in any form, in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.