Import and export of goods of all kinds as well as wholesale, retail and mail-order trade; provision of services in the fields of financing, asset management and investment advice. 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 subsidiaries and third parties.