discussed sabic have shielding the deal. acquisitionecial ipo's are ever present this year.ace. conversatione among top executives at the global -- conference. scarlet fu moderated a panel that included people from goldman sachs and others. >> my hope is that we will see the path to take these companies public continue to involve -- continue to evolve. each of them have great strengths and weaknesses. the direct listing is interesting for some companies, but so far you have not been able to raise capital alongside it. another -- aks for number of companies. what has been fascinating as we are on pace to have a record year for ipo's in 2020. specs -- spacs go public. that has been half of the volume in ipo's. it is a real alternative and the structures have evolved to make it credible. the market feels like it is starting to choke on it from a supply and demand standpoint. it's almost saying sit tight and let us digest what we have. among everything it will be the performance differentiator. those that do well and add value, will they be able to continue to do well and raise