Wealth management and corporate consulting and provision of related services, in particular conducting analyses in the areas of economic trends, monetary developments, stock markets, currencies, commodities and general studies in the fields of economics, finance and investment; acquisition, holding, management and disposal of interests in companies of all kinds; the company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company and/or its direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide collateral of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not; acquisition, holding, management and disposal of real estate.