The company's purpose is to provide all services in the field of finance and real estate. The company further aims to acquire, hold, manage, sell, trade and finance participations in other companies, as well as to purchase, sell, rent and manage properties in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may freely invest its own funds within the framework of the legal provisions and dispose of the investments made. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. Furthermore, the company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved.