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阿尔伯特省库物署
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大笔投资不赚钱
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# U1 \: a5 [' z0 f; k7 P9 }7 h被政府调查质询
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2 D f/ j- \. ]$ M2 C* U5 }07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,
4 Z0 L. i3 }. e8 t- R却用2600万给员工发奖金- h7 M- Y" l2 H3 _9 Q5 n
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万' L0 {* u& S% | K4 c( x, {
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 $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.6 N/ R: D+ e" N+ b, A( P
' N- }# |; b/ T% b' s4 R. _# ZLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.
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1 P2 h$ S$ X7 O. y) W" s1 w4 ~2 H2 ^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.$ F1 ?' A% N- F& @$ g; Q
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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.& n1 Z/ ~' i1 }) u9 g# e! }9 p
! c, I. G2 z5 N0 Y9 l- o H3 ]Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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+ Q: [1 i& `2 z9 \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." d0 J" p& V6 j6 f& ?9 S5 c/ e i8 S
. Y# h; G& q5 g AATB’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.0 F; f h2 @2 U/ S
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MacDonald 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.' n' |7 k* q" I8 Y/ b0 d: A
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.2 ?( E2 q5 @ i( ~
4 s, L" n: A: A# _3 F" AMacDonald 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., t% w) [8 g# @3 r
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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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