Montreal-based BCA Research is expanding its coverage of global equity markets.

The independent investment research firm announced Monday it is expanding its equity trading strategy (ETS) to cover markets in the MSCI world index. The equity analysis platform, which ranks companies by analyzing a proprietary mix of data to identify investment opportunities, was originally launched for U.S. equity markets in December 2015.

“Since the initial launch of ETS, our clients have demanded that we expand our model to include global equity markets. We have listened and are pleased to announce the expansion of the service to cover all developed markets,” says Bashar Al-Rehany, CEO of BCA Research, in a news release.

“We have seen a strong demand from the global investment management community for hybrid research offerings, which combine BCA’s proven expertise in research and analysis with big data algorithms and analytics,” he adds.