The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale and administration of participations in other companies or enterprises of any kind by acquiring shares, bonds, participations and holding claims in any other form, except those prohibited by the LFAIE; it may also carry out all real estate transactions, except those prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may: engage in any financial or commercial activity, movable or immovable, directly or indirectly related to its purpose; acquire real estate; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all enterprises having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans to shareholders or third parties if it serves its interests; grant securities of any kind on its assets, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers or by way of guarantees of any kind, to secure the obligations of its shareholders or direct or indirect subsidiaries.