The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, management, enhancement, and alienation of interests in all financial, commercial, industrial, or real estate companies and enterprises, with the exception of interests in companies with a real estate purpose within the meaning of the LFAIE, in Switzerland and abroad, as well as the financing, provision of guarantees, control, and advice for the companies and enterprises in which it participates, and, in general, the performance of all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other enterprises with identical or analogous purposes, or acquire them.