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Which of the following actions would lessen the counterparty risk a securities firm faces? First Financial wants to become less of an intermediary and begins taking positions opposite of its customers in transactions. National Financial expands its investment portfolio by beginning to invest in debt securities, including mortgages, commercial papec, and low-rated corporate bonds. New Civit Financial begins offering services that are less dependent on the stock market, inciuding identifying and valuing merger targets, protecting companies against hostile takeovers, and faclitating the restructuring of firma. Vertex Barthares thinks it's been taking the opposite position of its customers way too often and begins acting more as an intermediary instead