The company's purpose is to acquire and dispose of participations of all types of companies in Switzerland and abroad, to manage such participations and to finance subsidiary companies, all to the exclusion of operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company also has the purpose of providing advice in the field of corporate management, in particular in operational and strategic matters. The company may also engage in any other activity having a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations or conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.