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ATB
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反而发大笔的奖金
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, o$ H' ^0 }+ i" O. I07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
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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 $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.. o4 E" Y, N) ^- x1 Y
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Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.( x5 c# o3 R/ W$ e
' f/ R' V; I W/ O0 G% 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." [: ]5 J0 |* j. G$ d3 N
2 q: P- ]6 r k0 w+ KDunn’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.6 y. B W8 \% C! {
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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; |/ j+ c% O" i' G: }Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.; t- F& R! B" y! R1 }" C. n4 O6 E
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.
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The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.. O& l6 @: |# K0 \/ `/ G" F
9 c3 I0 b$ v8 E8 sATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.9 G. s! T5 K" f( v
! A: r' Z8 t, k/ M9 P& a4 H“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.5 E3 p, p5 [9 |
! h1 C% _7 a0 O5 d9 c. ^MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.' n9 E7 }1 ]. A
% m; J5 S. V3 p: N* J* CThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.) G! X% ^0 v" G% f+ x- Z5 B9 M
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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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/ p' }1 l. {( [; D5 d( ~* p B+ eMacDonald 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.5 E6 d$ z/ `* J( }4 O5 y
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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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