 The Argosy Group was a New York-based boutique investment bank founded in February 1990, and is Trimaran's earliest predecessor.Founded as a 9-person advisory firm by Bloom, Heyer, and Kehler, Argosy was one of several private equities and investment banking firms to spring up in the wake of the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert.Before Drexel, the three bankers had all worked together at Shearson Lehman Brothers.