The company's purpose is the acquisition, long-term management and exploitation of participations in Swiss and foreign companies, as well as the provision of related consulting, financing, management, planning and coordination services. The company also has the purpose of buying and selling real estate, as well as managing and administering it, renting and leasing it, as well as promoting real estate and building real estate, all in compliance with applicable regulations and, with regard to real estate in Switzerland, exclusively for operations that are not subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate in Switzerland by Foreigners (LAFE). The company may carry out any other activity directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or that is suitable to promote it, as well as open branches and/or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.