The company's purpose is to provide fundamental research and analysis services, excluding any financial services within the meaning of the Federal Act on Financial Services. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing, including participating in cash pooling operations, to companies within the same group, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies within the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets, including without adequate consideration. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate and participations in Switzerland and abroad, excluding any real estate transactions in Switzerland prohibited under the LFAIE. The company may also carry out any commercial and financial transaction and conclude any transaction that serves its purpose or is directly or indirectly related to it.