Nov 12: Colin Melvin on the financial crisis and pension funds

Part 2, November 12 2008: Colin Melvin, CEO of Hermes Equity Ownership Services, talks to Chrystia Freeland, US managing editor, about the root causes of the financial crisis. He says pension funds failed to make companies in which they held shares accountable enough, and had too short-term a view of company strategies. Next week, Robert Greenhill of Greenhill & Co. If you have a question for Robert Greenhill, please email it to the link below.