The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, manage and administer real estate and participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, to establish Swiss joint-stock companies with all related activities, to plan financing transactions, to the extent that these are not reserved for licensed credit institutions, to take over and execute them, and to provide financial intermediation of all kinds, as well as to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.