The purpose of the company is to provide asset management and investment advisory services, also on behalf of foreign collective investment schemes, as well as the distribution and offering of financial instruments in or from Switzerland. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in companies with a similar purpose, acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, and furthermore conduct all legal transactions related to its business purpose. In particular, the company may provide financing and grant securities of any kind in favor of group companies or other companies, or otherwise secure or guarantee liabilities of such companies.