Except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE, the company's purpose is: any participation management activity, namely the acquisition, sale, administration and management of participations in any commercial, financial, real estate and industrial company, in Switzerland or abroad; any financing operation, in particular mortgage or industrial, both for its own account and for the account of third parties; any real estate activity abroad. The company may also: carry out any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable, directly or indirectly related to its purpose, in Switzerland or abroad; create agencies, branches, subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, both in Switzerland and abroad; conclude loan agreements with its associates, as debtor or creditor, or grant them guarantees if it serves its interests.