James Derrick Slater was an accountant for Leyland Motors who became famous for writing an investment column in The Sunday Telegraph under the nom de plume of "The Capitalist", where he described his own portfolio. In 1964 he started an investment company with Peter Walker, a Tory MP, called Slater Walker—in actuality an authorized bank. He performed what became known as corporate raids on public companies. Wikipedia
O NE MORNING IN 1977 , Jim Slater NOTICED ON THE WALL OF HIS KITCHEN FOUR UNUSUAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF MONSTERS DRAWN BY HIS TEN YEAR OLD SON CHRISTOPHER. www.amazingmonsters.com/
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THE near-collapse of Slater Walker Securities in 1975 sent shockwaves through the government and sparked a furious row between the Treasury and the Bank of England, according to newly released documents. business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/...
