Management consulting and asset management and provision of related services. May establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, conduct all business directly or indirectly related to its purpose, acquire, develop, register or exploit or sell patents, trademarks, licenses and manufacturing processes and other intellectual property rights, grant loans and other direct and indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders, and provide security for obligations of these parties, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets as well as through guarantees of any kind, whether paid or unpaid.