The phrase "a type of securities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when categorizing or describing different forms of financial instruments that can be traded, such as stocks or bonds.
Example: "Mutual funds are a type of securities that pool money from multiple investors to purchase a diversified portfolio of assets."
Alternatives: "a category of financial instruments" or "a class of tradable assets".
The lower sentences for these two are because the guidelines view insider trading as a lesser crime, even though it is also a type of securities fraud.
The government is also planning to spend an additional $30 billion to help A.I.G. buy up a type of securities called "collateralized debt obligations" that the company had agreed to insure against default.
Insider trading is a type of securities fraud that requires the government to show the defendant breached a duty of trust and confidence by tipping or trading on material nonpublic information.
Hypothec, in Roman law, a type of security for a debt in which the creditor had neither ownership nor possession.
A1 In 2000, Citigroup created a type of security that functioned as an insurance policy and shielded it from losses if Enron ran into trouble.
Although value-at-risk formulas differ among Wall Street trading desks, they are all based on the historical volatility, or trading patterns, in a type of security.
Like other parts of the state (welfare, national security), the surveillance state provides a type of security for its citizens through the manipulation of knowledge and resources.
The big global reinsurers had packaged some Japanese earthquake risks into a type of security known as catastrophe bonds, or cat bonds.
By issuing a tracking stock, a type of security pegged to the performance of a business without granting holders rights of ownership, Vivendi could raise much-needed cash without having to sell any assets.
So the central bank's review will include a type of security common in the United States but not often seen in Japan: one backed by bundles of loans and receivables.
The write-downs resulted largely from deterioration in loans related to U.S. home mortgages, as well as a revaluing of credit default swaps -- a type of security used as insurance against a debt default -- and other financial liabilities.
