A Lot to Celebrate  
 

Hey, y’all. This is James Comtois, Senior Writer for Institutional Investor and author of Essential Allocator, serving as guest columnist for the next two editions of Officium. Don’t get used to it. 😉 
 

It was great to see everyone at the 9^th Annual Allocators’ Choice Awards in New York City last week. Congratulations to all the honorees and finalists.  
 

Nicole Sherwood, founding CIO of Altman Family Holdings, received a standing ovation when she accepted the Family Office Investor of the Year award. In a heartfelt speech, she said that, in addition to receiving the award, Thursday evening also marked the end of her active treatment for early-stage breast cancer (Read Nicole’s full remarks on her LinkedIn page).
 

Sherwood told the room how grateful she was to be supported by such a compassionate, curious, and kind community, and used the occasion to stress the importance of early detection and routine screening. “Early detection made an enormous difference for me,” she said.