sijoittavien

Sijoittavien is a Finnish grammatical form used to refer to those who invest, functioning as the genitive plural of the present active participle sijoittava (from the verb sijoittaa, to invest). In practice it appears in noun phrases and legal or formal texts to denote the investing parties or entities related to investing. It is not the standard plural noun for investors (that would be sijoittajat), but a participial form used in genitive constructions.

Morphology and usage notes: The base verb is sijoittaa. The present active participle forms include sijoittava (nominative singular) and its inflected cases. The genitive plural form sijoittavien is used to indicate possession or relation to a noun outside the phrase, for example sijoittavien osapuolten oikeudet (the rights of the investing parties) or sijoittavien tahojen velvollisuudet (the duties of the investing entities). The form contrasts with nominative sijoittavat (they invest) and with sijoittaja/sijoittajat (investor/investors). In many contexts sijoittavien functions as a descriptive, not a standalone noun.

Typical contexts: Sijoittavien is common in financial, corporate, and legal language where the focus is on relationships between investing parties and others (financiers, regulators, or target companies). It emphasizes the role of these parties rather than naming them as a concrete group. Its use can avoid repeating the noun sijoittaja or sijoittajat when multiple parties are referred to within a sentence or clause.

Related terms: sijoittaja (investor), sijoittajat (investors), sijoittaminen (investing), and other participial forms derived from sijoittaa.