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Is your hedge fund manager a psychopath? That could be bad for returns

Researchers challenge the notion that ruthless managers are more successful

Is your hedge fund manager a psychopath? That could be bad for returns
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The popular image of the best hedge fund managers as ruthless risk-takers who put profits before people could be all wrong, MarketWatch reports.

It turns out that hedge fund managers with psychopathic personality traits underperform their less psychopathic peers, according to new research published Thursday by the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

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