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ATB
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反而发大笔的奖金% r" [4 z& L4 o
被政府调查质询
4 e( ^+ ?7 `1 e# S; f9 y这个纳税人拥有的银行: `9 u1 R6 v8 p- q2 n( B: h
07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
7 Q; |. k8 K" V& V( G! x却用2600万给员工发奖金( B" x, D5 n/ s& C
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万% _9 C5 h+ a% V) A9 H3 t2 }
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万$ r$ j# S# s/ i7 Q( | I8 k- C8 i
# v, Z; Q& B- D6 [, REdmonton — 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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Liberal 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.
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4 p" C& u( U1 J- j2 |5 `3 X/ zAuditor 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.' g L( d5 h9 }' I! F8 Z6 H7 U
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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.- _" r# {: d8 [
# m7 U2 Z& V# `% s Q! ^In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.- W. [5 p: a& Z$ z! i
% { k8 L) L8 mDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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' d3 Q$ T, J8 x$ W% ]3 O9 XThe reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.3 b: A0 c/ B" F* U( E F4 y
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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.0 I X/ r6 m% G1 `7 f6 X/ X
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ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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7 [* n! f* U: g7 _! E“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.! C) b% v* Q! {& F+ b
1 o) i" x4 X* Z$ N; kThe 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., f( l! B0 X5 e4 i' v9 {) a% _
# Y* y# J5 ~0 T0 R0 Y0 K( x/ zMacDonald 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.% ~6 v, w: d9 G% S& b
! f, ]5 G5 E8 vATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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