Acquisition, permanent management and brokerage of all types of participations, real estate, insurances and capital investments; execution of fiduciary and commission transactions and financings of all kinds; conception, organization and brokerage of sales trainings and seminars as well as of sales-promoting measures; acquisition and management of securities; issuance of own bonds; provision of consultancy services in the corporate and IT sector. Provision of consultancy and other services in the financial sector as well as participation in companies in this sector. The company may enter into all commercial, contractual and financial transactions that are suitable for promoting the purpose of the company, or that are directly or indirectly related thereto. Purchase, sale, trade, barter, delivery, management, transport, storage, distribution and disposal of crude oil, products derived from oil, coal, gas, natural gas, renewable energies, alternative energies, electricity, emissions and energy, all other derived petrochemical products and all types of base metals or other raw materials, including agricultural raw materials as well as the exercise of all activities or services related thereto, including management, financing, as well as technical and economic management and consultancy services in relation to such activities. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant direct or indirect financings to its direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide securities of all kinds for liabilities of such companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of assets of the company or guarantees of any kind, whether or not for valuable consideration. The company may acquire, manage and dispose of real estate.