You don’t have to be psychopathic to work in the City… but it helps

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The perfect CV? 60 per cent genius and 40 per cent psychopath, says author and former ‘Cityboy’ Geraint Anderson in today’s NotebookDo psychopaths make better bankers?When I was plying my trade in the...

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