The company's purpose is: to provide consulting, information, analysis, forecasting, training, and brokerage services on the global energy and commodity markets; to produce market analyses and price forecasts on the global electricity markets as well as on the main sources of energy; to organize and produce international training seminars on commodities: quality, production, transportation, use, and associated risks; to provide consulting services in Switzerland and abroad, particularly in the commodity sector: research, merger/acquisition, feasibility studies, market studies, risk management, investment; the import, export, purchase, and sale, marketing, and distribution, directly or indirectly, of commodities, foodstuffs, gifts, computer and advertising materials; to create, purchase, market, and sell licenses, copyrights, trademarks, know-how, and all types of intangible assets; to acquire, sell, and manage real estate and intangible assets, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE; it may create and manage branches abroad, acquire and sell participations or join other companies, as well as carry out all activities that serve its purpose.