ASSET ONE BANK AssetOne Bank is one of Asia's largest financial institutions, but it had difficulty entering the personal investment business where several other companies dominate the market. To gain entry to this market, AssetOne decided to ac- quire Taurus Bank, a much smaller financial in- stitution that had aggressively developed invest- ment funds (unit uusts) and online banking in the region. Taurus was owned by a European conglomerate that wanted to exit the financial sector, so the company was quietly put up for sale. The opportunity to acquire Taurus seemed tives who