JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to form data company: WSJ

Reuters

Published Aug 19, 2015 02:42PM ET

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to form data company: WSJ

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS) and Morgan Stanley (N:MS) are working to create a company that will pull together and clean reams of data used to determine pricing and transaction costs, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The initiative is currently dubbed "SPReD", which stands for Securities Product Reference Data, and is likely to be launched in the next six to 12 months, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Each founding bank is investing "seven figures" in the company, the people said.