The company's purpose is to invest in, trade, and manage financial assets solely on its own account. This includes, in particular, the acquisition, holding, management, and disposal of securities, shares, participations, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other financial instruments, trading in derivatives, options, and other financial products, as well as the execution of corresponding transactions on national and international markets in its own name and for its own account. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign enterprises, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude all contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. It may acquire, manage, encumber, and dispose of real estate, intellectual property rights, and licenses of all kinds.