The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and manage participations in companies that provide financial services of all kinds. The company can acquire, hold and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad and carry out all financial, commercial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. In particular, the company can grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide collateral of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.