purchase, sale, brokerage and management of real estate, rentals, including promotional activities and participation in real estate companies, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE; in general, the company may create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties for consideration or free of charge, as well as pledge its own assets in favor of associates or third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, real estate and other operations in Switzerland and abroad, and conclude all contracts that serve to develop its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.