Partner Insight: What is driving DB scheme costs?

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Partner Insight: What is driving DB scheme costs?

Cost pressures have long been part of the defined benefit (DB) landscape, but the findings from the TPT DB Trustee Pulse 2026 suggest their role may be evolving.

Rather than being driven by a single issue, the trustees surveyed indicate that cost pressures are increasingly reflecting the cumulative demands of governance, regulation, data, administration and implementation. The findings suggest that cost pressures may not be experienced uniformly, with larger and more complex schemes reporting the sharpest increases.

This second insight report from the TPT DB Trustee Pulse 2026 examines what is driving scheme running costs, why those pressures are not being felt evenly, and how cost is becoming a strategic consideration for trustee boards.

Read TPT's latest research on DB scheme costs today.

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