The company's purpose is to participate in all commercial, industrial and financial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, to create, acquire, lease, finance, make advances or loans to them, to acquire and realize real estate and all securities or similar titles, all of this except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may also carry out any other activity having a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire, transfer and exploit patents, licenses, processes and trademarks and assume the function of advisor, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.