P2P Lending Site Isepankur – Review of My Portfolio After Q1 2014

It’s been one and a half years now since I started  p2p lending at Isepankur. And since my last report another 4 months have gone by. Since the start have deposited 10,000 Euro (approx. 13,750 US$).  I hold over 650 loan parts – the diversification achieved is very good. Together the loans add up to 12,636 Euro outstanding principal. Loans in the value of 1067 Euro are overdue, meaning they (partly) missed one or two repayments. 490 Euro are in loans that are more than 60 days late. I already received 4,945 Euro in repaid principal back (which I reinvested).

Chart 1: Screenshot of loan status

Right now I have 206 Euro cash in the account which is up from close to zero around the middle of the month. 25 Euro are tied in bids on current loan listings and will originate in the next few days.


Chart 2: Screenshot of account balance

Return on Invest

Currently Isepankur shows my ROI to be over 27.5%. In my own calculations, using XIRR in Excel, I currently get a 25.6% ROI. In the first months there was a considerable gap when comparing these differently calculated ROI figures. As my portfolio ages, the gap is closing. The statistic section tells me, that I am currently the lender with the 15th best ROI (counting all lenders that have invested for at least 12 months and at least 10,000 Euro). Continue reading

My P2P Lending Portfolio at Isepankur 12/2013 & Isepankur to add Slovakia

It’s been 14 months now since I started a p2p lending portfolio at Isepankur. I feel confident now, that I understand fairly well how to get above average results. During the first months I usually logged in at least daily and watched bidding patterns and resale activity to learn how the other lenders made use of the instruments. I also did a lot of micromanagement at that time. Lately I think I could satisfy my information thirst by logging in once or twice a week. Some of my automated bidding profiles have been running unchanged for weeks or months. I do still spend a big amount of time on p2p lending related news & forums (but not limited to Isepankur).

I have deposited 10,000 Euro (approx. 13,500 US$) since starting in the end of 2012. I hold over 600 loan parts – the diversification achieved is very good. Together the loans add up to 11,399 Euro outstanding principal. Loans in the value of 347 Euro are overdue, meaning they (partly) missed one or two repayments. 208 Euro are in loans that are more than 60 days late. I already received 3,559 Euro in repaid principal back (which I reinvested).

Chart 1: Screenshot of loan status

Right now I have 290 Euro cash in the account which is much more than my usual cash position. 165 Euro are tied in bids on current loan listings and will originate in the next few days.


Chart 2: Screenshot of account balance

Return on Invest

Currently Isepankur shows my ROI to be over 27% (see chart 3 ). In my own calculations, using XIRR in Excel, I currently get a 24.4% ROI. In the first months there was a considerable gap when comparing these differently calculated ROI figures. As my portfolio ages, the gap is closing. The statistic section tells me, that I am currently the lender with the 5th best ROI (counting all lenders that have invested for at least 12 months and at least 10,000 Euro).

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My Isepankur Investment After 11 Months

Three months have passed since I last wrote about the status of my p2p lending investment at Isepankur. I have deposited 8,000 Euro (approx. 10,500 US$) since starting in the end of 2012. I hold over 500 loan parts – the diversification achieved is very good. Together the loans add up to 9,190 Euro outstanding principal. Loans in the value of 248 Euro are overdue, meaning they (partly) missed one or two repayments. 149 Euro are in loans that are more than 60 days late. I already received 2,320 Euro in repaid principal back (which I reinvested).

Chart 1: Screenshot of loan status

Most of the money in my account is working to earn interest. Only 30 Euro are currently held in cash. 5 Euro are tied in a bid on a current loan listing and will originate in the next few days.


Chart 2: Screenshot of account balance

Return of Invest

Currently Isepankur shows me a 26.7% annual ROI (see chart 3 ). In my own calculations, using XIRR in Excel, I currently get a 23.5% ROI. Continue reading

My P2P Lending Loan Portfolio at Isepankur after 8 Months

When p2p lending service Isepankur opened up to investors from all EU countries five month ago, I started lending there. In this post I continue the series of posts reviewing the development of my loan portfolio. I have deposited 7,500 Euro (approx. 9,700 US$) since starting. My investment is spread out over more than 400 loan parts. Together the loans add up to 7,859 Euro outstanding principal. Loans in the value of 276 Euro are late, meaning they (partly) missed one or two repayments. 133 Euro are in loans that are more than 60 days late. I already received 1,233 Euro in repaid principal back.

Chart 1: Screenshot of loan status

Most of the money in my account is working to earn interest. Only 98 Euro are currently held in cash. 245 Euro are tied in bids on current loan listings and will originate in the next few days.


Chart 2: Screenshot of account balance

How I used the secondary market

Looking at my account balance (see chart 2) you will notice the relative large amount (2,032 Euro) of sold loans. This is due to 2 developments.
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Review of My Isepankur Portfolio after 5 Months of P2P Lending

When p2p lending service Isepankur opened up to investors from all EU countries five month ago, I started lending there. In this post I continue the series of posts reviewing the development of my loan portfolio. I have deposited 6,000 Euro (approx. 7,800 US$) since starting. The account currently has 126 Euro in cash, 70 Euro waiting in bids on loans to close and 6,550 Euro is invested in loans. So far I was repaid 476 Euro principal and received 271 Euro interest.


Chart 1: Screenshot of account balance

Distribution of loans on credit grade ranges

My investment is spread out over about 350 loan parts (a bit less loans as sometimes I have 2 or 3 bids in one loan). 5,435 Euro (83%) is invested in top credit grade (“1000”) loans. 780 Euro (12%) in “900” grade loans. And the remainder are experimental bids in “600”-“800” grade loans. Continue reading

My Isepankur Portfolio after 2 Months of Lending

Two month ago, when p2p lending service Isepankur opened up to investors from all EU countries, I started lending there. In this post I look at the status of the portfolio I have built so far.

I have deposited 4,000 Euro (approx. 5,200 US$) over the past weeks. The account currently has 254 Euro in cash, 215 Euro waiting in bids on loans to close and the majority of 3,580 Euro is invested in loans. I invested usually between 10 and 35 Euro per loan. The average interest rate of the loans is 25% and loan terms are between 1 and 36 months with most loans running for 24 months or longer. Most of the investments were done using the automatic bidding feature: About two thirds of the loans are fully funded by automatic bids the minute they appear on the marketplace. It is therefore necessary to use the automatic bidding, or these loans will be missed investment opportunities.


Screenshot of Account Overview

Repayments

So far nearly all repayments came on time. Of the few who missed a payment date, all but two repaid the next day. Currently only one loan (10 Euro) of my portfolio is a few days overdue. One loan was fully repaid early after only one month. In December I have scheduled repayments of 149 Euro which consist of 91 Euro principal and 58 Euro interest. In January – with more loans reaching first repayment date – repayments will rise to over 250 Euro. Isepankur offers monthly and daily charts forecasting cash flow.


Screenshot of Isepankur cashflow view for my portfolio showing payment dates and amounts in December

Statistics

The portfolio management has a statistics section that daily calculates the return on investment. Continue reading