 The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated merger and acquisition deal making, as social-distancing and restrictions on travel have made it harder for top executives to meet face-to-face, the head of Intercontinental Exchange Inc said on Thursday. The COVID-19 environment has really created winners and losers in many spaces, including financial services, ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said. ICE, which bought the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, has grown from a small energy-trading business in 2000 to one of the worlds biggest exchange operators, with a 51.6 billion market cap, largely through acquisitions. 