The phrase "a type of security" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when categorizing or describing a specific kind of security, such as financial, physical, or digital security.
Example: "Investors often seek to diversify their portfolios by including a type of security that offers stable returns."
Alternatives: "a form of security" or "a category of security".
Hypothec, in Roman law, a type of security for a debt in which the creditor had neither ownership nor possession.
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.
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.
The big global reinsurers had packaged some Japanese earthquake risks into a type of security known as catastrophe bonds, or cat bonds.
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.
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.
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.
The legal drama centers on private placements, a type of corporate security that doesn't trade on the public markets.
Social insurance is considered to be a type of social security, and in fact the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
