 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
阿尔伯特省库物署2 _8 V" ?) c. R/ [8 V
ATB
1 l. A. e0 h5 p- `& U$ j大笔投资不赚钱
% _, W, B! Y7 `& d% K反而发大笔的奖金
. `& G5 J* v; [& [0 P2 n% b7 p! q被政府调查质询# o% \3 b/ ] R2 v& x( b4 E4 H7 t
这个纳税人拥有的银行
0 a9 _' P8 Y4 N. b07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,
4 c7 J9 t1 E P* U却用2600万给员工发奖金
+ ]/ V- e& _2 i/ F9 D. b) N2 y而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万5 k) Y. M8 Z M. c5 s$ Z% v
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万% X7 H, B* X m: j, v1 N
N! |# L5 m; @" y3 UEdmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.+ Z2 ?- z9 c" t) g2 p8 a, d5 x
% o5 ]8 V6 V& W- x& WLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.
, ?3 {* e: Q7 f% W) \& x; j4 E! }( o. A) w
Auditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.% C- ~4 r: W9 Z9 S: v$ _
- K) `& P7 D5 j
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.
& t9 g4 q1 s1 y% B1 I! B" M# Q! o
In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
9 k6 V0 E: ^& [% i/ E; U" I9 [! r! e2 l3 ]3 M
Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.6 _9 S5 Q. Z7 p; D, t
3 x q& L, A3 m" G+ a7 [/ R! _
The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake." ~+ `' Z" k' u8 D/ J4 S4 C% |* b
3 K# z- l2 z% {6 D
The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.6 `* \! X) P, p* T: s: j: C5 j1 y
/ J+ k8 V' s: J4 b
ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
2 l" h3 j9 d$ P) C! i- B3 p0 d t0 V+ w* w5 t5 k
“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
+ A6 K2 n, Z8 B" v: X7 v8 C! @& H4 w: c8 @1 y w
MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.0 I( o5 \0 B6 e9 P5 [4 q" `
`& T5 @5 n$ C6 fThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.
% E2 o1 d3 k4 F+ J+ `
4 f4 J& ^8 |- @" L$ P% y“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.
8 r9 u7 R9 T8 p5 D; f6 ?' {
/ q' W8 M1 _2 z! T2 H* Z `5 TMacDonald 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.
- R e( c- w$ a7 N/ r. H% {5 }) p: W2 f1 ~7 o
ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
|