The company's purpose is to acquire, sell and hold participations in domestic and foreign companies, as well as to carry out all related business and services in Switzerland and abroad. It can provide financing of all kinds and perform all activities related to this purpose, in particular grant loans and securities. It can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries, acquire, sell and use intellectual property rights and movable assets, as well as acquire, sell, encumber and use real estate, and perform all actions related to the management of its own assets.