The company's purpose is to finance and refinance companies. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which they are involved, whether through loans or other financing or by providing security of any kind, whether for consideration or not; this also under preferential conditions and assuming cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear to promote the company's purpose or are related to it.