Sept 10 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is

seen opening lower on Tuesday, with futures down 0.5%.

* ABRDN ( SLFPF ): Asset manager Abrdn ( SLFPF ) named interim boss

Jason Windsor as its new chief executive officer on Tuesday,

formally handing the ex-Aviva executive the task of

rebooting its finances and performance.

* SCHRODERS ( SHNWF ): British fund manager Schroders ( SHNWF ) has

named insider Richard Oldfield as its new chief executive to

succeed Peter Harrison in November, it said on Tuesday.

* CENTAMIN ( CELTF ): Global miner AngloGold Ashanti ( AU ) will

buy Egypt-focused smaller rival Centamin ( CELTF ) in a $2.5

billion deal, the companies said on Tuesday.

* IQE: British semiconductor wafer maker IQE

swung to a profit in the first half on Tuesday, supported by a

combination of revenue expansion and cost-control measures.

* IWG: Britain's IWG's shareholder Buckley

Capital Management has urged the office rental firm to consider

moving its listing on the U.S. stock exchange in order to boost

shareholder value, the latter said on Tuesday.

* PAY: British pay growth cooled in the three months to

July to a more than two-year low and employment shot higher,

according to data on Tuesday which likely keeps the Bank of

England on track to cut interest rates again before the end of

the year.

* SERICA: Oil and gas company Serica Energy ( SQZZF )

posted lower profit for the first half of 2024 on Tuesday, hit

by a tax charge of $106 million.

* ASTRAZENECA ( AZN ): Detailed results from one of

AstraZeneca's ( AZN ) key lung cancer trials released on Monday

showed that its experimental precision drug did not

significantly improve overall survival results for patients in

the trial.

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(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru)