Savings and Investments

I'm saving for education

If you’re saving for education, you’re safe in the hands of Aviva

How prepared are you for education costs?

You want your children to have the best education possible, yet school and college expenses and fees can be costly.

Half of Irish parents feel completely unprepared for the high cost of putting children through third level education.
Over a third of families intending to put children through third level education have savings earmarked for this purpose.
€10k estimated annual cost of sending your child to college away from home¹.
€5k estimated annual cost of sending your child to college while living at home¹.

Help your savings make the grade with Aviva

When it comes to your child's future, you'd do all you can and more. We get that.

Regular Saver

Aviva’s Regular Saver allows you to gradually Build-up the funds necessary to support your children’s third level education.

You can invest from as little as €100 a month through Regular Saver.

Investment Bond

Aviva’s Investment Bond gives your Built-up lump sum the potential to grow over the medium to long-term.

You can invest from as little as €10,000 through Investment Bond.

Expert advice

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Warnings

Important information to consider.

Warning: The value of your investment may go down as well as up.

Warning: If you invest in these product you may lose some or all of the money you invest.

Warning: These product may be affected by changes in currency exchange rates.

News articles

Take a look at our library of helpful articles and news.

27 May 2020

Investing during times of crisis

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Avoid the emotional investment trap

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Steps to achieve financial security

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6 Sep 2019

Saving for Education

It’s back to school time, so you’re probably acutely aware of the cost of primary and secondary education.

8 Apr 2019

How to Budget and Save Money

We all want to get the most out of our weekly or monthly income, a simple way to get you started is to create a household or personal budget.

22 Mar 2018

9 tips for staying on track with your savings

When a new year arrives, we all have great intentions to save more money, with many of us managing to keep on track for a few weeks.

24 Oct 2017

Ireland's Pension Gap

The pension savings gap has increased by 38 per cent since 2010 and Ireland now has the second highest gap in eight EU countries surveyed.

20 Oct 2017

Simple Saving Tips

We all try our best to budget, and sometimes it can feel like our savings are falling short of what we had hoped to reach.

3 Mar 2021

Planning For Retirement

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¹. Source: Aviva Cost of Education Report. (2017)

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