The company's purpose is, in particular, to provide strategic and operational consulting services, to establish business contacts, to manage business processes, and to trade in goods and services of all kinds. The company may conduct all business that is directly or indirectly suitable to serve the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may participate in other companies, acquire or sell other companies, and conduct all trade, financial, and legal transactions that are directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purpose and are suitable to promote or facilitate the development of the company and the achievement of the company's purpose, as well as to ensure the protection of the interests of customers and the company. It may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage, and sell properties and securities, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, take out loans and grant loans, and provide guarantees for subsidiaries and third parties.