Talk of HSBC possibly quitting the UK was put to one side by shareholders attending the bank's AGM this morning, where the focus was instead on whether it was the bank's senior executives that should be moving on.

HSBC's board, including chairman Douglas Flint and chief executive Stuart Gulliver, came under fire from shareholders for a "terrible list" of past misconduct, including scandals linked to its Swiss private bank, market manipulation, and money laundering allegations.