Stock exchange cooperative
A stock exchange cooperative or stock exchange co-operative is a business organization owned by its members, where individuals or organizations can publicly buy and sell the cooperative’s shares, akin to the way shares of public companies are traded. It is a business entity that is available in Finland. Starting the stock exchange cooperatives has been possible since 2013 the Co-operatives Act. In Finnish, the stock exchange cooperative is named pörssiosuuskunta and in Finlandssvenska it is called börsandelslag. Stock exchange cooperatives have some structural governing differences regarding standard co-operatives in Finland. For instance, the use of representatives in the cooperative assembly cannot be limited which can be done in the standard Finnish cooperatives.