The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, management, and trading of movable property and interests in all types of companies, all except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE, as well as brokerage and intermediation in these areas. It also provides consulting, management, and administrative services, notably in the aforementioned areas. The company may also engage in any other activity directly or indirectly related to these purposes; it may, in particular, create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with identical or similar purposes, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and extending its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto.