The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, management, development, and alienation of interests in all financial, commercial, industrial, or real estate companies and enterprises, with the exception of interests in companies with a real estate purpose as defined by the LFAIE, in Switzerland and abroad, as well as the financing, granting of guarantees, control, and advice to the companies and enterprises in which it participates, and, in general, the performance of all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies with identical or similar purposes, or acquire them.