The company's purpose is to manage assets of all kinds, to conduct commercial financial transactions on its own account or on behalf of third parties, to provide consulting and expert services, to exploit patent, license or other rights, to carry out development work, to take over and grant representations, to execute trade transactions and to exercise fiduciary functions. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or on behalf of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.