The company's purpose is to invest in and manage assets of all kinds, as well as to acquire, finance, manage and sell participations in domestic and foreign companies of any kind, and to engage in any investment activity. The company's activities are limited to its own assets, those of its shareholders or their families, outside the scope of the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (FINIG). The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, participate in or merge with other companies in Switzerland or abroad. It may acquire and sell real estate and conduct any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.