But Broughton was not content to offer his credit enhancement program just on these bogus assets.

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For years, bond insurers mainly provided credit-enhancement for municipalities.

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The banker's philosophy about making credit decisions was to use the concepts of asset enhancement and liabilities reduction as a framework for looking at financial structure and power.

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