investment, management, trade, transportation (freight) and other activities related to energy, in particular oil, renewable energy, alternative energy, electricity, gas, natural gas and all other petrochemical products or raw materials related thereto, as well as the exercise of any industrial, financial and commercial activity related thereto; financing of companies and group companies, as well as the creation, acquisition, management and holding of financial interests in other companies or enterprises, excluding the acquisition of participations and real estate in Switzerland in accordance with the LFAIE; advice and provision of administrative, technical, financial, economic or management services to other companies, enterprises or individuals; acquisition, sale, management and exploitation of movable and immovable property, including patents, trademarks, licenses, permits and other intellectual property rights; borrowing and lending of money, raising of funds, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other securities, as well as the conclusion of any contract related thereto, excluding the acquisition of participations and real estate in Switzerland in accordance with the LFAIE; granting of guarantees and conclusion of commitments, alone or jointly and severally, or in any other capacity, with companies and group companies, in their name and on behalf of third parties; trading in currencies, securities, derivatives and any other asset in general, alone or in collaboration with third parties, as well as any operation, in a broad sense, directly or indirectly related to the foregoing, excluding any trading in securities and derivatives in accordance with the LBVM and OBVM.