The company provides investment, placement and financial transaction advice. It may grant loans or other forms of financing to third parties and/or companies within the same group, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, directly or indirectly, to third parties and/or companies within the same group, particularly in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets. The company may carry out all commercial, financial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions on its own account or on behalf of third parties, directly or indirectly related to its main purpose, in Switzerland and abroad, open branches in Switzerland and abroad, and take participations in other companies with a similar or related purpose.