The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, holding and management of participations (in Switzerland, in real estate companies that only hold commercial properties), except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may also carry out any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or that are directly or indirectly related to it.