Ordinary shares (8)
I believe the answer is:
equities
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">ordinary shares</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for equities that I've seen before include "Ordinary shares" , "Shares in a company" .)