The company's purpose is to provide services of all kinds, in particular financial sector services, including strategy consulting, analysis and research, excluding all activities requiring authorization. The company may apply for permits for future activities outside its current activities. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are provided free of charge.