Monothematic regulators are really not interested in interest rate risk

Sir, Gillian Tett asks on March 11 “Have we really learnt lessons of 1994´s sharp rate spikes?” The answer must be NO, foremost because regulators seem not the least interested in that topic.

Current banks regulations are 100 percent based on perceived risk of defaults… and so all other risks… like the interest rate risk Gillian Tett points out, or the risk that our financial system does not perform adequately its capital allocation function that I worry about… or the thousand of unknown risks that I lie around any next corner, are all ignored by these monothematic regulators.