Amended and Restated Sub –Administration and Fund Accounting Services Agreement Between Curian Capital, LLC and Jackson Fund Services

EX 99.28(h)(24)

Amendment to the

Amended and Restated Sub –Administration and

Fund Accounting Services Agreement Between

Curian Capital, LLC and Jackson Fund Services

 This Amendment is made by and between Curian Capital, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (“Curian” or “Administrator”), and Xxxxxxx Fund Services (“JFS” or “Sub-Administrator”), a division of Xxxxxxx National Asset Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Michigan.

 Whereas, the Administrator and Sub-Administrator entered into an Amended and Restated Sub-Administration and Fund Accounting Services Agreement dated October 1, 2012 (“Agreement”).

 Whereas, under the terms of the Agreement, Curian appointed JFS to provide fund accounting and administrative services to the Funds of Curian Variable Series Trust, as set forth on Exhibit B of the Agreement.

 Whereas, the parties have agreed to amend Exhibit B of the Agreement to add the following new Funds (“New Funds”), and to amend the names of the following Funds (“Fund Name Changes”):

New Funds (effective April 29, 2013)

1) Curian Guidance – Interest Rate Opportunities Fund;

2) Curian Guidance – Multi-Strategy Income Fund;

3) Curian Guidance – Growth Fund;

4) Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Conservative Fund;

5) Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Growth Fund;

6) Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Conservative Fund;

7) Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Moderate Fund;

8) Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Growth Fund;

9) Curian Guidance – Real Assets Fund;

10) Curian/Aberdeen Latin America Fund;

11) Curian/Xxxxxxx Emerging Market Small Cap Equity Fund;

12) Curian/Baring International Fixed Income Fund;

13) Curian/BlackRock Global Long Short Credit Fund;

14) Curian/Xxxxx Xxxxx Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund;

15) Curian/Lazard International Strategic Equity Fund;

16) Curian Long Short Credit Fund;

17) Curian/Xxxxxxxx Emerging Europe Fund;

18) Curian/UBS Global Long Short Income Opportunities Fund; and

19) Curian/Urdang International REIT Fund.

Fund Name Changes (effective April 29, 2013)

1) From: Curian Guidance – Maximize Income Fund

To: Curian Guidance – Conservative Fund;

2) From: Curian Guidance – Balanced Income Fund

To: Curian Guidance – Moderate Fund;

3) From: Curian Guidance – Rising Income Fund

To: Curian Guidance – Equity Income Fund;

4) From: Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Fund

To: Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Moderate Fund; and

5) From: Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage – Aggressive Fund

To: Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage – Growth Fund.

Now, Therefore, the parties hereto agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

1. Exhibit B to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with Exhibit B attached hereto.

2. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of February 12, 2013, effective as of April 29, 2013.  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, which together shall constitute one document.

Attest:		Curian Capital LLC
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx		By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:		Xxxxxxx Fund Services, a division of Xxxxxxx National Asset Management, LLC
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx		By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Title:	President and CEO

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Exhibit B

List of Funds as of April 29, 2013

Curian Guidance – Interest Rate Opportunities Fund

Curian Guidance – Multi-Strategy Income Fund

Curian Guidance – Equity Income Fund

Curian Guidance – Conservative Fund

Curian Guidance – Moderate Fund

Curian Guidance – Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Moderate Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Maximum Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Tactical Moderate Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Tactical Maximum Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 65 Fund

Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Conservative Fund

Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Moderate Fund

Curian Guidance – Institutional Alt 100 Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Conservative Fund

Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Moderate Fund

Curian Guidance – International Opportunities Growth Fund

Curian Guidance – Equity 100 Fund

Curian Guidance – Fixed Income 100 Fund

Curian Tactical Advantage 35 Fund

Curian Tactical Advantage 60 Fund

Curian Tactical Advantage 75 Fund

Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage – Diversified Fund

Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage – Growth Fund

Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage – Income Fund

Curian Guidance – Real Assets Fund

Curian/Aberdeen Latin America Fund

Curian/American Funds® Growth Fund

Curian/AQR Risk Parity Fund

Curian/Xxxxxxx Emerging Market Small Cap Equity Fund

Curian/Baring International Fixed Income Fund

Curian/BlackRock Global Long Short Credit Fund

Curian/DFA U.S. Micro Cap Fund

Curian/Xxxxx Xxxxx Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund

Curian/Epoch Global Shareholder Yield Fund

Curian/FAMCO Flex Core Covered Call Fund

Curian/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Frontier Markets Fund

Curian/Franklin Xxxxxxxxx Natural Resources Fund

Curian/Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodities Strategy Fund

Curian/Lazard International Strategic Equity Fund

Curian Long Short Credit Fund

Curian/Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Currency Fund

Curian/Xxxxxxxx Convertible Arbitrage Fund

Curian/PIMCO Credit Income Fund

Curian/PineBridge Merger Arbitrage Fund

Curian/Xxxxxxxx Emerging Europe Fund

Curian/The Boston Company Equity Income Fund

Curian/The Boston Company Multi-Alpha Market Neutral Equity Fund

Curian/UBS Global Long Short Income Opportunities Fund

Curian/Urdang International REIT Fund

Xxxxxx/Xxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx

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