The company's purpose is to acquire, encumber, develop, manage, rent, lease and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, to purchase, manage and sell participations and capital investments in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to finance and broker financial and commercial transactions of all kinds, in particular through silent partnerships. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, and engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the company's purpose.