The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of assets of all kinds, as well as to participate in companies in Switzerland and abroad, and to manage its own assets. Furthermore, the company's purpose is to advise companies and provide related services. Activities that require a license as a bank or securities dealer are explicitly excluded. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations, and engage in any business activities and conclude contracts of any kind that may promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, except for real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.