The purpose of the company is to conduct trading, brokerage and financing transactions, including trading on the capital market, using exclusively its own assets. Furthermore, the company aims to trade and rent its own properties outside of Switzerland, as well as hold and manage its own assets. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, 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 grant guarantees and sureties for its subsidiaries and third parties.