Financial analysis, issuance of consolidated reports on banking portfolios, administrative management, as well as all related services and advice, excluding any activity subject to the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (LEFin) and the Financial Services Act (LSFin). The company may, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions in Switzerland and abroad, directly or indirectly related to its main purpose. It may also create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in all companies having a direct or indirect connection with its purpose, grant loans or any other form of financing to, and provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of its shareholders, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the Company's assets.