EX 99.28(g)(8)

Amendment to

Master Global Custody Agreement between

the Customer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

This Amendment is to the Master Global Custody Agreement dated March 24, 2011, as amended (“Agreement”) among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Custodian”), Curian Variable Series Trust (“CVST”) and Curian Series Trust (each individually “Trust”, and collectively, the “Trusts”).

Whereas, the parties have agreed to amend Schedule A of the Agreement to add the following new series of CVST (“New Funds”), and to amend the names of the following series of CVST (“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/Ashmore Emerging Market Small Cap Equity Fund;
12)	Curian/Baring International Fixed Income Fund;
13)	Curian/BlackRock Global Long Short Credit Fund;
14)	Curian/Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund;
15)	Curian/Lazard International Strategic Equity Fund;
16)	Curian Long Short Credit Fund;
17)	Curian/Schroder 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.	Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with Schedule A attached hereto.
2.	Except as specifically amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3.	Each Trust and the Custodian hereby each represent and warrant to the other parties that it has full authority to enter into this Amendment upon the terms and conditions hereof and that the individual executing this Amendment on its behalf has the requisite authority to bind such Trust or Custodian to this Amendment.

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto 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.

Curian Series Trust		JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
By:	/s/ Emily J. Eibergen	By:	/s/ Brian Eckert
Name:	Emily Eibergen	Name:	Brian Eckert
Title:	Assistant Secretary	Title:	VicePresident

Curian Variable Series Trust
By:	/s/ Emily J. Eibergen
Name:	Emily J. Eibergen
Title:	Assistant Secretary

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Schedule A

List of Funds as of April 29, 2013

Curian Series Trust Funds

Curian/PIMCO Income Fund

Curian/PIMCO Total Return Fund

Curian/WMC International Equity Fund

Curian Variable Series Trust Funds

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/Ashmore 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/Eaton Vance Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund

Curian/Epoch Global Shareholder Yield Fund

Curian/FAMCO Flex Core Covered Call Fund

Curian/Franklin Templeton Frontier Markets Fund

Curian/Franklin Templeton Natural Resources Fund

Curian/Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodities Strategy Fund

Curian/Lazard International Strategic Equity Fund

Curian Long Short Credit Fund

Curian/Neuberger Berman Currency Fund

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Curian/Nicholas Convertible Arbitrage Fund

Curian/PIMCO Credit Income Fund

Curian/PineBridge Merger Arbitrage Fund

Curian/Schroder 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

Curian/Van Eck International Gold Fund

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