In a growing number of cases, mounting losses and new financial disclosure rules have forced companies into selling or securitizing the head office to raise funds for write-offs.

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This failure is often the first visible sign of financial distress in a market where SEC disclosure rules are not enforced.

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The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law, for example, is expected to generate hundreds more separate disclosure rules.

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Britain's financial supervisory authority changed the rules concerning indirect cash-settled options stakes earlier this month, requiring disclosure on a par with direct stakes.

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London's financial-services regulator has as yet failed to provide evidence to justify its decision to tighten the disclosure rules on short-selling of some bank shares.

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