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ATB
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07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
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而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万# _: y( m( O# P0 H
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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Edmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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1 {+ e1 z; m3 n: q5 hLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.7 b, M9 C. g6 l( k" J$ @
4 r* n! ^1 w2 Z G/ j; D& i5 l' |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.) o+ X# F! d% v7 ^
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Dunn’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.+ A5 S2 f' k7 _
4 s6 S2 b8 a" KIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.- X( w# M( A/ U2 I0 e. L5 |
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.
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The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.
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2 [+ G$ F9 B8 c- t# R' bATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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5 U5 ^8 Z& ]' u$ `6 R9 m8 d& i7 q2 P“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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1 ]. v0 Q: \$ ]1 H. Y _( o, KMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.$ D& I' o" L! K$ {, u1 [
4 z# |; C% Y8 q8 u0 q* W) TThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.& ]4 {8 i% K& p, K
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.: O& j0 Z5 P6 S( n7 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.- f3 `" \7 C* ^6 {- a' Y/ y
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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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