Morgan Stanley Trader Teichholtz Joins Hedge Fund Pine River

Colin Teichholtz, co-head of liquid rates trading at Morgan Stanley, is leaving the company to join hedge fund Pine River Capital Management LP, according to two people familiar with the move.

Teichholtz, 40, helped lead a group at the New York-based securities firm that traded Treasuries, interest-rate swaps, agency debt and government-backed mortgage bonds. He will work in New York for Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Pine River, said the people, who declined to comment because the information isn’t public. Teichholtz declined to comment for this article.