Holding and managing participations as well as financing and brokering participations, patents, and licenses. Can also trade in and lease business and commercial equipment of any kind, provide management services of any kind, take out and grant loans, provide guarantees and securities, establish branches and subsidiaries at home and abroad, invest in other companies at home and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose, acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real estate at home and abroad, carry out financings on its own or on behalf of others, and provide securities for liabilities of affiliated companies.