One of the great frustrations of online investing is not knowing with any degree of accuracy when a programme is likely to finally make payments. There are many examples of missed deadlines and information vacuums that test even the most optimistic of investors.

One programme which has gone some way to redress the balance on this is Imperia Invest. Having been around for a good while now there is at least some evidence that closure will happen in the not too distant future.

Having suffered some schedule slippage already it is good to see that the validation of trust agreements is now at 53% completion. On current progress they should complete in the next 2 to 3 weeks assuming of course that all agreements have been submitted. This last point is the fly in the ointment as Imperia Invest require 100% of agreements to be validated before the payment process can begin.

Being optimistic therefore we could see payments arriving in accounts sometime in March or April which would be a great start to 2009.

When I checked on the Imperia Invest site earlier today it does appear that you can still purchase the Traded Endowmwnet Poicy (TEP) that they market. Whilst they still show e-bullion as a payment option you would need to use Liberty Reserve to make the necessary $50 payment for what they call a Depot. Return is $134,000 after 6 months so my statement about when money will be paid doesn't apply if you purchase now.