Financing and execution of commercial transactions as well as acquisition and management of capital investments of all kinds, entering into cooperations, participating in other companies, and acquiring, holding, managing and disposing of companies. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire and grant licenses and patents, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.