Counting the costs. How operational consolidation helps DB schemes achieve better outcomes.

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How operational consolidation helps DB schemes achieve better outcomes.</span></span> </div> <div class="max-w-[600px] text-white flex-col text-left pt-16 pb-8 lg:pt-28 lg:pb-20"> <div class="headings flex flex-col mb-4"> <h1 class="h1"> Counting the costs. How operational consolidation helps DB schemes achieve better outcomes. </h1> <h2 class="text-2xl uppercase"> Pensions </h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <section class="two-column-text-media-wrapper max-w-[1920px] mx-auto text-block bg-brandGrey-100 noS text-left"> <div class="two-column-text-media md:container md:flex-row-reverse mediaCover flex items-center"> <div class="media-wrapper animate-me md:move-up md:transparent squared"> <iframe title="How operational consolidation helps DB schemes achieve better outcomes" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1001534960?dnt=1&app_id=122963" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write"></iframe> </div> <div class="text-column container standard"> <div class="cms-text mt-4 text-brandGrey-100"> <p></p> <p><strong>Keeping control of pension scheme running costs can be challenging for trustees and employers. The amount a DB scheme pays will vary depending on its design and complexity – with some costs more obvious than others – so understanding what you are paying is the first step in keeping costs down. Trustees and their advisers, working together, can enable the schemes in their care achieve better outcomes at lower costs.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Operational consolidation – which involves a pensions service provider running DB schemes collectively, bringing them all up to best-in-class levels of efficiency and service – can be the solution to greater cost certainty.</em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>Could operational consolidation help you and your scheme?</em></p> <p></p> </div> <a href="https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1x5eDjgHKTk-kY2g2a1tVIAg43y5" class="btn-primary ">Click here to read the full article</a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="bg-grey-dient"> <div class="pt-20"> <div class="container grid md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-36"> <div> <h2 class="text-brandGreen-100 text-[2.875rem] font-semibold mb-12 leading-[4.25rem] md:text-[4.75rem]">Start a conversation </h2> </div> <div> <p class="text-black text-[1.1875rem] font-normal mb-4"></p> </div> </div> </div> <div x-data="{ selectedPerson: null }" class="hidden md:block container xl pt-16 pb-10"> <div class="flex flex-row"> <div class="basis-3/4"> <div class="grid grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-4 gap-2"> <div class="mb-4 hover:cursor-pointer" x-on:click="selectedPerson = (selectedPerson && selectedPerson.nameSurname === '1371') ? 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