In the second half of this morning's Treasury Committee investigation in to the banking crisis, committee chairman John McFall will aim to ask pertinent questions of prominent investors about the lack of shareholder activism in the run up to the credit crisis and shareholder gripes over bank nationalisations.

11:15 - McFall isn't messing about; accusingly asking Peter Montagnon from the Association of British Insurers: "What is the state of shareholder activism in this country?", adding "Come on, lets get going".