Secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith set out the coalition's plans for radical state pension reform yesterday.
Some 17% of final salary pension schemes are now closed to new members and future accrual, National Association of Pension Funds research shows.
Proposals to allow early access to pensions will create a "bureaucratic nightmare" and should be shelved, industry groups say.
The Pensions Regulator has launched an education drive to highlight the importance of administration in enabling good outcomes from pensions saving.
Government has compounded the misery for final salary schemes by reducing the contracted-out rebate level, industry figures say.
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The National Employment Savings Trust's efforts to simplify language used by pensions providers has been welcomed by the industry.
Public sector final salary schemes should be scrapped and replaced with a career average alternative, the National Association of Pensions Funds says.
A large part of the industry has slammed the government's announcement preventing private sector schemes the power to override scheme rules enabling a shift from RPI to CPI indexation.
The Pensions Regulator should be more accountable and promote high-quality workplace pensions, trustees and scheme managers believe.