LONDON (Reuters) - Abrdn reported a modest dip in first-half assets under management on Tuesday and provided no update on its leadership amid speculation interim boss Jason Windsor would be tasked with the role of restoring confidence in its ailing brand.

The British asset manager reported total assets of 505.9 billion pounds ($646 billion) after the first-half of the year, broadly in line with forecasts but down 2 billion pounds on March this year.

Abrdn, which has suffered deep outflows of client cash in recent years in volatile markets and since a much-criticised rebrand, reported net inflows of around 800 million pounds over the first half.

But the company saw 1.6 billion pounds of outflows after inflows into low-fee cash funds are stripped out. It reported an unchanged interim dividend of 7.3 pence per share.

($1 = 0.7830 pounds)

(Reporting by Iain Withers, editing by Sinead Cruise)