Warning schemes could be 'frozen out' of PPF over location test

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Schemes could find themselves "frozen out" of the Pension Protection Fund if their sponsoring employer is based overseas and fails certain tests, a lawyer warns.

The warning comes after a scheme was granted access to the PPF following a legal dispute over the location of its sponsoring employer. The dispute arose when Olympic Airlines, a state-owned airl...

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