Editor's view: The FCA's mirror pig moment

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 14 March

Jen Frost
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Professional Adviser editor Jen Frost on change at the FCA.

I thought I'd learned some great new slang this week, until it turned out I was mis-hearing the Gen Z (possibly Millennial?) chatter that was flying about the office. ‘Mirror pic' became ‘mirror pig' to my ears. A Google search hasn't thrown up much in the way of mirror pigs other than that Black Mirror episode. I'd like to think, though, that it means someone or something that cannot escape their/its own reflection. If the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was one for mirror pics – aka taking selfies in lifts, bathrooms, anywhere with a shiny surface really, something that my colleag...

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