The phrase "a sort of fund" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a type or category of fund that may not fit neatly into a specific classification.
Example: "The organization has established a sort of fund to support local artists in their creative endeavors."
Alternatives: "a type of fund" or "a kind of fund".
By pitting their supporters in Silicon Valley who opposed the bills against their allies in Hollywood who supported the measures, Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden were able to create a sort of fund-raising arms race.
That suit, filed this past August, alleged Shkreli now CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals was using Retrophin as a sort of slush fund to pay off investors in at his old hedge fund, MSMB Capital Management.
Only 16.2% of employees made any sort of fund transfer in 2009, down from 19.6% in 2008.
The sales of investment trusts (a sort of mutual fund) have risen: MUFG's income from trusts has jumped by one-third over the past two years.
They could set aside some of the lump sum in a sort of emergency fund that they could draw on if borrowers weren't making tax payments.
Later, PED plans to become a sort of equity fund for local start-ups; it hopes to have $1 billion invested within five years.But the greenhouses are an iffy proposition.
One soldier, Specialist Michael Fresenburg, 20, who recently became engaged to his high school sweetheart back home in Columbia, Mo., said he thought he had agreed to participate in "a sort of savings fund".
Although usually nominally independent of the companies whose names they take, corporate foundations in practice are often treated as a sort of slush fund into which the chief executive can dip to help a pet cause, enhance his status in the community or even cement a business relationship with a donation to a cause close to a business partner's heart.
The foundation's public tax returns show that its net assets, which can function as a sort of reserve fund for the museum, had dropped steadily since the recession, from $1.2 million in mid-2007 to $200,000 in mid-2012.
Just like individuals, governments maintain their own investment portfolios that function as a sort-of "rainy day fund". Typically, central banks operate as their country's investment managers, regularly making decisions about how best to allocate the government's financial assets.
Roger Guy, the star who runs the $1.3 billion AlphaGen Capella fund, has been with the firm for years.Lazard, alas, did not keep its money-makers happy, and has become, unwillingly, a sort of hedge-fund incubator.
