The company's purpose is to subscribe to, acquire, alienate and manage participations in all industrial, commercial, financial, real estate or other companies in Switzerland and abroad, to create branches and/or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, to grant loans and/or guarantees to associates or third parties, to conclude all contracts and to carry out all operations intended to develop and expand its activities, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE).