The company is dedicated to the promotion, development and management, on its own account and not on behalf of third parties, of entrepreneurial, real estate and commercial initiatives. The company may carry out all activities directly or indirectly connected with the corporate purpose, resort to any form of financing with credit institutions, banks, companies and private individuals, create branches, secondary offices and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire participations and found other companies. The company, being part of a group, may take into account the interests of the group and its shareholders. The company may, in particular, grant and favor loans or other direct or indirect financing, including those within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), to entities directly or indirectly controlled, as well as to entities belonging to the group; to guarantee the obligations contracted by them, the company may also provide guarantees or collateral of any kind, including pledges or credits on the company's assets or fiduciary assignments of the same, possibly also on favorable terms from a group perspective.