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ATB
/ R- `' R9 n/ k+ b5 X大笔投资不赚钱
' e5 Z# j4 S0 |; e4 n反而发大笔的奖金
4 O1 D* }0 H- s* w' g2 o被政府调查质询( V: N7 y: {& o$ Y4 p6 o3 A6 H
这个纳税人拥有的银行
- Z8 R; Z4 M; k07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，9 r* ~' |7 P8 U6 `! H) `! ~* E
却用2600万给员工发奖金& M2 M) t/ T& x" R
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
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Edmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.# W9 I# U9 \* F: F& Z' x& t8 U
. n* x* c7 c; |, s" m. ZLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.
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0 f e/ p7 [2 V' cAuditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.! b4 e$ Y( y2 w; x, A5 `
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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.
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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8 a( M- O& H" S6 A* }- [, g: v: TDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.5 o, g* \- u: S# I
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The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.
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3 `7 i" Z; J2 Z7 ^. a F- y( eATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
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8 L3 v. Z7 s& Y$ i6 pMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.9 d7 i, ? F4 B: |5 ^9 q/ ?5 ?
8 {! l+ d- H3 w# NThe 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.$ i; C' i, O3 c" Y+ c# [" D
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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./ ]4 y0 e3 e5 L+ E. r$ l
6 z6 b# [2 n1 S7 w- C( JATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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