The company's purpose is to provide financial consulting services and to arrange financing. Activities that require a license as an asset manager, trustee, bank, securities firm, fund management or manager of collective assets are excluded. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and 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 for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.