[1][failed verification] An Anstalt is a hybrid between a company limited by shares and a foundation.
These features, and the founders rights, and because an Anstalt can conduct many kinds of business, including non-trading activities (such as holding passive investments), has made them popular with foreign companies who use them as a holding company for overseas subsidiaries when trying to minimise tax in their home jurisdictions.
That is, Anstalt are a safe and easy place to park assets at tax time.
There are two types of Anstalt; commercial and non-commercial, and they feature prominently in the finance system of Liechtenstein,[6] where they are considered to be a Public Law Institution, though they are not able to be listed on the Stock Exchange.
Anstalt are seen as different from Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, a corporate type found in many German-speaking countries, which do feature members and participants.