The company's purpose is to conduct commercial financial transactions; make and manage investments; acquire and manage participations in other companies and enterprises in Switzerland and abroad; exploit patent and license rights; exercise trust functions and provide services in this context; acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad on its own account or on behalf of third parties. It may grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and enter into all transactions and conclude all contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it.