The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, dispose of, and finance participations in companies as well as to manage assets and conduct financial transactions of all kinds. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property both domestically and abroad. It may also provide financing on its own account or for the account of others, as well as issue guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries both domestically and abroad.