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阿尔伯特省库物署
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大笔投资不赚钱" z( @% G+ b+ I1 X2 E
反而发大笔的奖金
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07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,% g: i: y3 W5 ?9 H
却用2600万给员工发奖金0 }+ Y) x: b+ s! X }
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万( p; W4 w- D o6 x1 o5 \7 U
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 $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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6 D* B/ H& C% p2 n" F$ 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 M5 X6 C$ I* R2 U- M
, ?4 m; X0 s0 uAuditor 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.
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7 a/ y& W; J4 }5 t' T4 lDunn’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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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.# \; i9 Y( Z2 [5 r+ C
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake., R5 H9 k7 i4 `; C2 B! P
2 R: K# b: s/ KThe bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.4 h7 I, B" }& Y. c8 V) v
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ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.4 m! f) ] [; w" e7 N
( n' x: Z/ O' c) p: Z“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.1 W- w. l: x% G
# l1 d3 o( L3 Z+ f+ aMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.3 A- }0 ^- y7 n- r1 L |& ]
8 i( U5 Y5 q4 pThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.$ @3 Q# \% T& g
9 D8 [% _- [' K4 f. X“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.2 y/ g* y" ?5 [# T2 C
+ \3 K/ J' Q: S. w) {) \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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v! {5 f. r5 Q9 T* t2 k2 {ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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