The company's purpose is to provide financial services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, assume representations and enter into any business and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related thereto. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.