Multex.com Inc. has announced that Merrill Lynch HSBC has extended its relationship with Multex to help launch the firms’ forthcoming expansion of its London-based online brokerage service to English-speaking investors in over 30 countries across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East.

The new service, to be launched early next year, will offer international investors trading and research services similar to those currently available to clients in the UK, Australia and Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, Multex will provide Web hosting and real-time delivery of Merrill Lynch and HSBC research to the firm.

David Pitman, director of MLHSBC commented, “a key component of our global offering is to provide investors with the award-winning research for which Merrill Lynch and HBSC are recognized worldwide. Multex understands our business proposition fully and their flexible, scaleable technology allows them to deliver our research immediately.”