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The Zurich-based firm has bought a stake in a fund which invests in energy efficiency, green industrial processes and waste management sectors. The fund also owns a geothermal plant producer.

With pricing at an all-time high, some sellers on the secondaries market aren't getting the prices they expect.

Despite the growing popularity of GP-led restructurings, they still represent only about 10 percent of the private equity secondaries market, Luca Salvato, investment partner at Coller Capital, said at a conference this week.

Portfolios of funds that were impacted by the global financial crisis are now ripe for picking, according to Michel Galeazzi, co-founder of Zurich-based Evoco.

Working towards a $5.5bn target, the firm expects to wrap up its latest fundraising in the autumn. Lousiana's state pension is one of the investors.

The Edinburgh-based firm has bought a stake in a Macquarie infrastructure fund out of its debut secondaries fund focusing on the asset class.

Timberland secondaries are a small but growing part of the $100 billion timberland market, according to the head of a forestry investment firm.

The listed fund of funds committed to two HarbourVest funds with secondaries exposure last month.

The Swiss-based firm previously purchased a stake in the London-based private equity firm, which invests in smaller UK growth companies.

The London firm is targeting twice as much as it raised for its previous secondaries fund.