The company aims to establish, acquire and hold participations as well as support and divest companies, direct or indirect capital investment in real estate and land, their development, acquisition, holding and sale, and/or participation in real estate companies and the resulting income and/or capital gains, as well as the purchase, sale and holding of participations in other companies, their management and financing. It can make investments in private or listed individual companies as well as in other investment vehicles, and establish subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company can acquire, hold, license and exploit brands, patents, intellectual property rights and know-how, other intangible rights such as invention patents, industrial designs and models, factory and trade marks.