The purpose of the company is to engage in fund business, offer shares in investment funds, manage and administer them, represent foreign collective investment schemes, acquire participations in companies whose main purpose is the collective investment business, manage share accounts, safekeeping and technical administration of collective investment schemes, administer an investment company with variable capital (SICAV), perform administrative tasks including management functions for collective investment schemes and similar assets, such as internal special funds, investment foundations and investment companies, and provide other services such as asset management for collective investment schemes and pension institutions, engage in fund business for foreign collective investment schemes, manage individual portfolios, provide investment advice, portfolio analysis, and offer financial instruments. The company may conduct all business and conclude all contracts related to its purpose, subject to the provisions of the Financial Market Acts. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire participations in companies whose main purpose is the collective investment business. The company is authorized to acquire, manage, encumber, utilize and sell intellectual property rights, real estate and building rights in Switzerland and abroad.