The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and sell participations in other companies. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party accounts, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may provide financial services to its direct and indirect shareholders and other affiliated companies, in particular by granting loans or other financing and providing collateral of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees and sureties of any kind, against payment or not.