The purpose of the foundation is to provide occupational pension benefits beyond the statutory requirements for its insured persons and their dependents for the risks of old age, disability and death. The foundation offers the insured persons a choice between different investment strategies. The insured persons include employees of affiliated employers, self-employed members of a professional association that has chosen the foundation as a pension institution, and self-employed persons together with their staff who earn an AHV-liable salary or an AHV-liable income above one and a half times the upper limit according to Art. 8 para. 1 BVG. The foundation can conclude collective life insurance contracts or join existing collective life insurance contracts.