Cezary Podkul

Richard Klapow has left Macquarie Capital’s advisory arm in New York to join Alinda Capital Partners as a managing director, marking the third recent senior executive departure at Macquarie.

The US-based infrastructure fund has also completed its first deal, with the purchase of a $363m stake in Florida-based Global Tower Partners from another Macquarie-managed infrastructure fund.

As the US insurance giant struggles to raise capital, the fate of the firm’s substantial private equity business remains uncertain. AIG Investments has not been placed for sale as part of its parent’s capital raising measures.