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5 Questions.(Interview)
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On Wall Street
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July 1, 2008
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Douglas Beck DWS ScudderDouglas Beck, CFA, is the head of Product Management for DWS Scudder, Deutsche Asset Management's U.S. retail division. Beck joined the company in 2006 after some 16 years that included posts at UBS Global Asset Management, Merrill Lynch and Raymond James. Beck, 41, recently spoke with writer Judith Schoolman about the use of alternative assets in today's markets.
Q: Alternative assets are typically used by institutional investors. How is that changing?
A: Institutional investors have used alternative assets in their portfolios for some time. But recently they have delved even deeper into alternatives. From 1997 to 2007, the typical U.S. pension ...