nelson griggs joins us, the president of the nasdaq.money question right now for new york, wall street. how will this pandemic change year nasdaq? nelson: it is changing quite a bit. we went from having 4% working from home to 95% in the matter of a week, and that was pretty remarkable. i think we have seen the markets work very efficiently and effectively. we've been working pretty well. jonathan: let's talk about physical trading floors. just touch on that topic, and we can move on pretty quickly. do you think the pandemic is underlined that we don't need them anymore? nelson: if you look at the equities that have pretty simple price action up or down, we have a long view that the best outcome for investors is to do that in electronic format. the last few months, the data we see now on how stocks opened, the efficiency of trade throughout the day, and in particular, the close, we have seen better performance in the electronic markets. thate of the strong belief investors want an open and transparent marketplace. jonathan: people like

we spoke earlier with nelson griggs, president of the nasdaq stock exchange, and we got his outlook. are starting to see new deals pop up. we have a november election. november, a for the markets to hold, there is a chance we will have a healthy ipo market. scarlet: what do you want to talk about covid-friendly stocks or those work from home stocks, instacart,ordash, all unicorns people have been looking at to go public. when did these guys start coming to market? kathleen: we think we will see those companies come to market between now and the election. $2 billion a potential ipa from a company called royal pharma, a portfolio with $2ty interests billion in revenue. albertson's, the grocery stores have done very well and albertson's has been preparing to do up to about a $2 billion ipo. i will add to those some companies that are moving forward, zoom info, a sales platform, fast-growing, very profitable. an online car platform. coffee is going to be the largest global ipo for 2020. it will be done in amsterdam. we are seeing large companies. the whole scenario is perfect. said, cond

nasdaq president nelson griggs told bloomberg tv that he is starting to see new deals pop up.he exchange has hosted about 15 ipo's for mid-march. we are joined by greg becker, the ceo of silicon valley bank. what do you think is the sentiment for ipo's. where do you see some of that activity starting to pick up? greg: breaking it down into two different areas. one is think about the technology side and the other one is health care. noted, has, as you done pretty well. our investment bank explicitly focuses on health care and has seen some great ipo's with some great aftermarket activity. they have a good pipeline for the balance of the year. we are optimistic that that market will continue to do well. the technology side, that is a market that has needed to see the overall market remain stable period of time before you see these technology ipo's get traction or interest out there. there is still a lot of money in canprivate markets that prompt these companies up. the market has to be more stable, more consistent for the technology companies to really want to go out in the mark