This week's column looks at two inconvenient news items (for the administration). The first is a Reuters story on the 6-month losses of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund; the second is an Asia Sentinel story on Temasek's writing off its investment in FTX after it collapsed. Related to these are the Senior Deputy Speaker's blink-a-rama as he tried to reassure future pensioners of the SSS and GSIS, and another Deputy Speaker's statement pointing to Temasek while lauding the President for bravely making himself the fall guy for whatever happens to the proposed Maharlika Fund scheme. Mea culpa, I'd attributed a story on the BSP governor being willing to risk appointment to a full term to Bilyonaryo when it was actually a BizBuzz item! Though Bilyonaryo did have an item on the BSP governor's reservations about the Maharlika scheme.