When Danny Conwill talks about “putting the band back together” at Seaport Global Securities (SGS), it is not about the US investment bank’s recent decision to team up with London-based Arrow Shipbroking in a strategic co-operation.

Sure, SGS co-chief executive Conwill is excited enough about the Arrow venture. But it is the team of former Jefferies colleagues Conwill has assembled at SGS that has the boss chatting with TradeWinds this week.