Author Archives: Blue Prairie Group

For plan sponsors, now is the time to take advantage of the fast-approaching world of fee disclosures. Whether you use a broker, consultant or go direct, the soon-to-be-implemented 408(b)(2) fee disclosures provide a real opportunity to get a handle on … Continue reading →

Now that our SV d-base is up and running, we are already working on the next generation. Not only are we adding more providers to the d-base, we are also creating a ranking scheme to evaluate the various products. The … Continue reading →

We created a powerful diagnostic tool – the BPG Plan Health Smartcard™. It’s designed to give DC plan sponsors a holisitic overview of their plan expressed as a numerical score.  The methodology is based on two fundamental assumptions: that the … Continue reading →

The S&P 500 was flat for the year but what a ride…The extreme volatility makes me wonder about plan participants close to retirement – how do they hedge against extreme volatility? One strategy is to park assets in their plan’s … Continue reading →

Welcome to our new website ! We’ve added quite a bit of new content and we’ll be adding to that in the next few weeks. Please bear with us –I’m sure there will be some hiccups as we refine the site. … Continue reading →