Financial services

Gamma Communications confirmed in August that Waterland Private Equity is among the firms in discussions to take the company private.

Coller Capital, rebranded Coller EQT, describes itself as one of the largest dedicated secondaries platforms globally, with a 36-year track record spanning LP-led and GP-led deals.

USI Insurance Services, which the company describes as a leader in risk management, employee benefits and retirement consulting, operates from nearly 200 offices with more than 10,500 employees across the US.

Earlier this week, Accel-KKR-backed Basware signed a binding agreement to acquire Trustpair, in a deal pairing Basware’s invoice lifecycle management platform with Trustpair’s payment fraud prevention technology.

Toorak Capital is a Tampa, Florida-headquartered business-purpose lending and asset management platform serving residential real estate investors across the US and UK.

Kingsview Partners is a Chicago and New York-based integrated wealth management platform and national independent registered investment adviser serving more than 15,000 households through more than 100 advisors across 70 offices in 23 states.

Talking with JPMorgan business services banker David Sweet to go over the fire protection and life safety market and the high valuations PE firms are paying for companies in the space; KKR-backed Industrial Physics acquires an electrical testing and measurement equipment company from Branford Castle Partners; a companies-for-sale update.

First Eagle Investments is a New York-headquartered, independent asset manager.