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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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+ ~! \+ f2 T- h* a [07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,6 Z5 [, J& K$ U2 E4 U7 \+ |& Z
却用2600万给员工发奖金3 y+ X( L9 F& w0 h, D
而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万7 N2 I& c0 b6 `4 r T! v
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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9 `: o* ]2 \" ]2 `: e! [- JEdmonton — 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.; J9 b; G' o" N
" m8 J; f# k% u; R9 E O/ x3 yLiberal 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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2 J ^0 h M( }% LAuditor 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.- w! q/ [! c3 T- x+ Z
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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.- k! E' d) S- z& c6 ~
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million./ I0 A' i' n" h S1 S1 V; \
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.
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The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.
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* C$ ]5 f. Y# gATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.. I) ~: g& Y' ^+ N" E7 F4 f
6 U/ f0 k S/ L- Y“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.9 U/ C, ~6 \% E! u2 r4 b
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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. [% f& j# H
2 W& i$ R& U. O. m% z I3 o' I+ {& P“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.! `0 E& \' j! P2 K2 L
' q/ Q$ i+ g( `! l. s; v4 Z/ ^- Q PMacDonald 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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q2 z2 U) T) \- @3 T8 {: SATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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