# Curian Guidance - Maximize Income Fund — new fund registration

CURIAN VARIABLE SERIES TRUST registered fund series on Form N-1A/A, filed 2012-01-27. Featured series: Curian Guidance - Maximize Income Fund.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: CURIAN VARIABLE SERIES TRUST
- CIK: 0001532747
- Form: N-1A/A
- Filed: 2012-01-27
- State of incorporation: MA
- Accession: 0001532747-12-000010
- Reported net assets: $505.6M

## Series & classes (26)

_Showing 25 of 26 series/class rows._

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Curian Guidance - Maximize Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035568) | Curian Guidance - Maximize Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Tactical Advantage 35 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035569) | Curian Tactical Advantage 35 Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Tactical Advantage 60 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035570) | Curian Tactical Advantage 60 Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Tactical Advantage 75 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035571) | Curian Tactical Advantage 75 Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Diversified Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035572) | Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Diversified Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Aggressive Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035573) | Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Aggressive Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035574) | Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage - Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/American Funds Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035575) | Curian/American Funds Growth Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/AQR Risk Parity Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035576) | Curian/AQR Risk Parity Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/Epoch Global Shareholder Yield Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035577) | Curian/Epoch Global Shareholder Yield Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/FAMCO Flex Core Covered Call Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035578) | Curian/FAMCO Flex Core Covered Call Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Balanced Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035579) | Curian Guidance - Balanced Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/Franklin Templeton Natural Resources Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035580) | Curian/Franklin Templeton Natural Resources Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodities Strategy Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035581) | Curian/Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodities Strategy Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/Nicholas Convertible Arbitrage Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035582) | Curian/Nicholas Convertible Arbitrage Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/PIMCO Credit Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035583) | Curian/PIMCO Credit Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/PineBridge Merger Arbitrage Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035584) | Curian/PineBridge Merger Arbitrage Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/The Boston Company Equity Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035585) | Curian/The Boston Company Equity Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian/The Boston Company Multi-Alpha Market Neutral Equity Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035586) | Curian/The Boston Company Multi-Alpha Market Neutral Equity Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Rising Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035587) | Curian Guidance - Rising Income Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Moderate Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035588) | Curian Guidance - Moderate Growth Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Maximum Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035589) | Curian Guidance - Maximum Growth Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Tactical Moderate Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035590) | Curian Guidance - Tactical Moderate Growth Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Tactical Maximum Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035591) | Curian Guidance - Tactical Maximum Growth Fund | — | — |
| [Curian Guidance - Institutional Alt 65 Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000035592) | Curian Guidance - Institutional Alt 65 Fund | — | — |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.30%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.23%
- Management fee: 0.15%
- Net expense ratio: 1.59%
- Other expenses: 0.05%

## Investment objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek the generation of income through investment in other funds (the Underlying Funds).

## Advisers

- [Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/111079)

## Other filings by this registrant (13)

- [485APOS — 2017-06-06](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-17-000114)
- [485APOS — 2017-06-05](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-17-000107)
- [485APOS — 2015-06-09](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-15-000214)
- [485APOS — 2015-01-16](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-15-000011)
- [485APOS — 2014-03-14 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-14-000119)
- [485APOS — 2013-12-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-13-000312)
- [485APOS — 2013-06-14 (5 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-13-000195)
- [485APOS — 2013-02-06 (19 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-13-000004)
- [485APOS — 2012-06-04](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-12-000114)
- [485APOS — 2012-06-01 (6 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-12-000112)
- [N-1A/A — 2012-01-26](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-12-000007)
- [N-1A/A — 2011-10-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001532747-11-000017)

## More

- [Registrant profile: CURIAN VARIABLE SERIES TRUST](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1532747)
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