The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Andre-Philippe Hardy has returned to the bank where his career began. The Globe's Jameson Berkow writes that after nearly 17 years at Royal Bank of Canada, most recently as head of Canadian and Asia-Pacific research, Mr. Hardy rejoined Toronto-Dominion Bank earlier this month as head of Canadian research. His new responsibilities are expected to involve merging TD's Canadian research offerings with those of Cowen Inc., the New York-based independent investment bank that TD acquired for $1.3-billion (U.S.) in 2022. "I know from past conversations with TD bankers that their priority is integrating the TD Securities' Canadian platform with Cowen's U.S. platform," said Bill Vlaad, the chief executive officer of executive search firm Vlaad and Co. "And RBC runs an integrated global equity research platform, which Andre-Philippe helped create and manage." TD Securities spokesman Jillian Tanouye confirmed via e-mail that Mr. Hardy had recently started in his new role, adding that he will be reporting to global head of research Robert Fagin. Mr. Hardy's appointment represents the latest in a number of personnel changes TD has made in the wake of the Cowen deal.