The company's purpose is the direct or indirect acquisition, management and exploitation of participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, in particular those that or whose subsidiaries directly or indirectly acquire, manage and exploit portfolios of closed-end funds and capital market investments for institutionally organized assets, as well as advising third parties on such investments, including financing, purchasing, selling and managing assets of all kinds and acquiring and exploiting intellectual property rights. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and carry out all commercial and financial transactions that serve the aforementioned purpose directly or indirectly, including granting loans, guarantees, assuming guarantees and providing other securities. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and guarantees for subsidiaries and third parties.