Holding and managing participations in companies of all kinds, holding and managing assets of all kinds, carrying out trade and commercial financings, providing factoring services and exercising fiduciary functions. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, carry out financings for its own account or for the account of third parties, and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.