All of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap are down for the year. Except for one, VeChain. That digital currency has gained more than 28 percent since January 1, which one analyst says is thanks to big-name partnerships and a unique structure that incentivizes investors not to sell.

As investors we’re constantly told that ‘markets can go up as well as down’. But if you’ve forgotten the last part, it’s probably because 2017 was a year of almost all up and very little down. Not only did most stock markets hit new record highs, they did so with …

Deutsche Bank approached Goldman Sachs international chief Richard Gnodde to ask if he would be interested in taking the helm of the German lender, but the executive turned it down, according to a source close to him.