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2 }# f- a1 p' ~% H大笔投资不赚钱& [ ]6 Q+ H% a' s- g1 B0 u
反而发大笔的奖金 W, L9 @2 X9 G6 N$ A* S% P) n
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这个纳税人拥有的银行
% V$ e- L( D5 y+ `5 b07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,
& `7 {2 H8 V! X! Z. T9 n却用2600万给员工发奖金: q& q4 C, b# H( H
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
' T7 U* q, g$ q3 F5 V3 o* R06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万# L6 ], f/ T7 B
3 K+ f, d! S- H+ CEdmonton — 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.9 U+ x3 J/ C9 N# t2 v: m
9 W/ a7 W; m0 g) V. a% fLiberal 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 o# C' t4 y* T- p% U4 p! k
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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.1 v; L, d5 }( m! r% z/ H
4 m( t+ C% U1 tDunn’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.
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* B& C9 {2 X4 w1 K: D8 T- zIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.$ E" }* @. H/ q0 b
' N: w3 }: M. A6 y7 w! qDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.! l4 p) O' a4 I! r, F- I
7 W, a4 `6 T9 ^7 @8 k/ A% DThe reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.
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: A T0 |5 T6 H! a$ TThe 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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4 c0 V/ P0 Q4 j- B! WATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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- Y8 G8 d4 ~. d“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.; f r# ^; U. T6 r
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MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.' d+ B9 r7 f3 G7 f0 t
2 o2 k+ @3 r: @) I# |The 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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/ c( b- w& ~/ `“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.$ h B8 v& ^, c2 u) b
! f. B* Q; k( j* V% e2 |, Q) X* \) g2 |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.' M2 t& T7 W- q. \+ Q7 q
; v3 _2 t1 N4 g; u: L+ r5 E9 ZATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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