Dec 12 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open higher on Tuesday, with futures up 0.19%.

* ASTRAZENECA: Drugmaker AstraZeneca on Tuesday agreed to buy vaccine developer Icosavax in a deal valued at up to $1.1 billion.

* FCA: Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was

concerned

about the amount of interest and fees charged by some investment platforms.

* OFWAT: Britain's water regulator said it has reached the next

stage

of its enforcement cases related to a probe into sewage treatment.

* UNILEVER: Britain's competition watchdog said it will

scrutinise

the environmental claims made by UK consumer good giant Unilever about certain household essential items.

* SHELL: Shell said on Monday it will

sell

its interests in two U.S. renewable energy projects in Texas and Ohio.

* BoE: The Bank of England said on Tuesday that

implementing

the final leg of the global Basel bank rules will increase capital requirements at UK banks by 3%.

* WAGES: British wages excluding bonuses

rose

by 7.3% in the three months to the end of October, official data showed.

* BP: BP PLC has challenged U.S. energy regulators' approvals of a Venture Global LNG liquefied natural gas export facility, according to a letter filed with FERC on Monday.

* HSBC: JPMorgan Chase is set to outsource the operations of its local custody business in Hong Kong and Taiwan with Citigroup, HSBC, and Standard Chartered in the race for the mandate, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

* OIL: Oil prices ticked up on Tuesday as investors played cautious ahead of key interest rate decisions and inflation data releases.

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> Other business headlines (Reporting by Hani Kollathodi in Bengaluru)