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大笔投资不赚钱" z4 |$ z( `2 k, I# v& G: j+ c
反而发大笔的奖金
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这个纳税人拥有的银行
' t: t3 D3 \) d/ d/ o& y s. ?07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，0 y- o: F, `- Y* F K2 q0 B
却用2600万给员工发奖金
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06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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! {; Z8 V& l9 _9 \7 ^& s8 ~' KEdmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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6 N* v2 f6 h# qLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.3 e9 v* b" d! i% D7 W
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Auditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.+ H+ [9 A; g+ X$ x
' H" P( S1 E( k/ D( v9 ?+ oDunn’s annual report, released last week, said ATB earned a net income of $30 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year, a fraction of its $262 million target.0 M0 w& ~: `( V; z5 g" v6 @% O! ~
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million. D$ V. [5 ]5 i. D
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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) f( a+ }8 k% d+ x' Y% bThe reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.! j/ S' W# D2 M2 Y& s
/ ~1 w: R1 [' `% LThe bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.3 U% K+ x6 A5 D# w2 `
& S V) x/ z5 C5 ~( e; ]ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.3 {' \5 Y( D( t9 f
. w6 x- ]) X" ]$ l& V1 A( G ? R“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
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MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.' m3 N7 c1 n! b4 r9 u
K7 o+ v9 H$ t% V0 d$ T- N6 X# fThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.& A+ e, @# {/ h. \% W/ O% x% f
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MacDonald said he’s also worried about Dunn’s finding that criminal background checks on new employees are taking up to three weeks after they’ve been hired.
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ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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