The purpose of the company is to advise companies and organizations in clearly defined mandates. Furthermore, the company aims to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of direct and indirect participations in Swiss and foreign companies of all kinds. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company can grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company as well as to their or its direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company can acquire, hold, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate. The company can also conclude all transactions and enter into agreements that directly or indirectly serve the company's purpose or are directly related to it.