The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, broker and sell real estate, as well as to conduct related investment and financial transactions. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and/or abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and/or abroad. It may trade in securities, derivatives, options and precious metals, and conduct all commercial, financial or other business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of all kinds for the liabilities of such persons or group companies, including guarantees, pledges and fiduciary transfers of the company's assets. In addition, it may engage in liquidity balancing/net liquidity centralization (cash pooling), including periodic balance adjustments (balancing), with group companies, either without consideration, on preferential terms, interest-free, without the intention of generating profits for the company, and assuming cluster risks.