The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, administration, and management of shareholdings in any commercial, financial, real estate, and industrial enterprises, the holding of patents, as well as any financial operations in any form, in Switzerland or abroad. The company may also provide consulting services in management, finance, accounting, training, as well as any fiduciary, real estate, and insurance affairs to its subsidiaries or to third parties and charge fees. The company may: engage in any financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable activities, directly or indirectly related to its purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in any enterprises having a direct or indirect relation with its purpose in Switzerland or abroad; conclude loan contracts with its partners, as a debtor or creditor, or grant them guarantees if this promotes its interests.