Acquisition, management, rental and sale of real estate, preferably investment properties; the company may also invest in other assets, in particular ships, in Switzerland and abroad, manage, operate, rent and sell them; it may trade in goods of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad; furthermore, it may acquire and sell works of art and antiques, conclude financial transactions of all kinds and any other transactions that are directly related to its purpose or may promote it (cf. statutes for full purpose)