It's Monday morning on the trading floor of Shane-Longman, a London-based international bank. The market has been err...

A serious problem looms at Shane -Longman. Leonard Ansen, the Senior Director of Banking Activities, and Wendy's clos...

It's Friday evening. The market is winding down. Sirkka is flying to Copenhagen for the weekend to see her boyfriend,...

Declan is having a dinner party for Max, Michelle and Sophie – an art dealer who likes Max and whom Max, for his part...

Leonard has spent a year wooing back a major client, the Municipal Pension Fund, and he assigns the job of advising t...

Jimmy Destry meets journalist Sarah Douglas at a private party, Not realising her profession, he divulges potentially...

Hudson Talbot, Shane Longman's capital markets originator, is woken in the middle of the night by his colleague, Max ...

A dawn raid has occurred and Friedmans, a rival bank, has acquired 15 per cent of Shane Longman's shares. A takeover ...

Peter Longman is in ebullient spirits. As Shane Longman's major shareholder, he has secured a deal with Tokyo-based I...

Max and Hudson have completed a deal with the Pan Mediterranean Fund, an EEC entity which offers finance to the poore...

Eyebrows are raised when Max employs astrology to predict major deals. Thrill-seeking Sirkka enters dangerous territo...

Whilst finalising an awkward deal in Warsaw, Max becomes very taken by Maxine, who works in an art gallery. Meanwhile...

Wendy is promoted to become the new Head of Derivatives and is replaced as Chief Trader on the floor by the hard-boil...