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大笔投资不赚钱
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被政府调查质询
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8 G+ ~6 |0 } ~/ j8 O) |07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，* L8 P1 t$ b1 f" K( _
却用2600万给员工发奖金
( \7 M, i/ [1 V1 `而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
; G0 g2 b5 B4 [- Z2 l. ]2 n9 F$ B06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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) m6 U7 t6 r! J# \Edmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.+ N+ R" W8 |7 k' E1 v
9 a. Z. [4 G; \; TLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.
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Auditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.8 t. x1 y! V) r
5 W2 i$ B* v# [4 k4 cDunn’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 $262 million target.% E- e. \3 k! z: W" ^$ U9 t
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.0 Z; B- e: Y9 ?" u
8 p3 ^. s* D- i; V! U' m- KDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.( U, G$ x8 a1 M# y) x) a
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.0 f* L1 s0 u U7 M
" S) o; M6 y f0 R5 }7 cThe 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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ATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.% ?- {5 U- |6 Q% V; r
, _! |( f: P0 V5 _( C/ h- y“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.% n9 M) w7 M- h' z
6 Q8 z5 J2 _; Z$ P6 P9 U* HMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
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The whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.+ h9 d6 p; F% j+ p ]! U* L! ~
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.
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/ x2 f( B4 s! L- }$ h1 \( t9 O' bMacDonald 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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ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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