Investment activities of all kinds on its own account, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG), as well as consulting in the areas of finance, housing promotion, planning, management and corporate strategy. It can conduct all business related to these activities, as well as business to promote the purpose and interests of the company. It can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with similar purposes, merge with such companies and conclude all contracts that serve the further development or achievement of its goals, or relate directly or indirectly to them. It can grant loans to its shareholders and companies of the same group, or accept loans from them.