The company's purpose is to provide all consulting and financial services, including trade brokerage and trading in financial products, in particular structured products, in Switzerland and abroad; services and service activities related to investments, excluding asset management and securities trading. The company may carry out all commercial and financial transactions that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may register branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate, excluding businesses that are prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide securities of all kinds in favor of companies of the same group or third parties, directly or indirectly, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.