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大笔投资不赚钱
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被政府调查质询8 `, m# c% B) Q9 D; z1 k( l2 T) o
这个纳税人拥有的银行- y0 ^& y- e& S
07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
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而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
V$ a: v& C9 O8 ?& ^* y5 L l& n06-07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.; G& R( ~8 |# U6 n8 f& e+ N+ V9 R& F
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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.9 e* {* {1 ?/ `- }8 D( Y( d
. w# o& e. {* j3 K! U FAuditor 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.+ a: U3 G* i* d& ]7 q- I4 \
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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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& K/ q6 o/ ?' M EDunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.* G3 v: X/ Y* y: e7 u" N
3 t" G% w0 w" RThe reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.
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( \& H5 s9 I! G0 O) S0 VThe 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.
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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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7 f+ u8 V) h" K9 KMacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
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" L' ~5 f5 o% Y' @The 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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( K# c( s9 B+ m“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said., w; c0 j9 g1 s& a' n: t
# g; Y2 E; F9 d, n( e G5 zMacDonald 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.! t4 H' ]/ A2 M- G8 q
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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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