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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 03-31-2016
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: COMMONFUND ASSET MANAGEMENT CO INC
Address: 15 Old Danbury Road
P O Box 812
Wilton, CT  06879
Form 13F File Number: 028-06755

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Michael H. Strauss
Title: Executive Vice President
Phone: 203-563-5127
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Michael H. Strauss WiltonCT 05-13-2016
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
   13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
X 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
   13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
028-06538 AEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P
028-05508 AJO, LP
028-01185 FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC
028-13070 GLG INC.
028-02013 HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P
028-10706 IRONBRIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
028-16230 Jackson Square Partners, LLC
028-06075 Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd
028-11937 J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
028-10469 LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
028-12154 LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P.
028-14987 Magellan Asset Management Ltd
028-06748 MARSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
028-04632 MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P
028-11946 Numeric Investors LLC
028-14187 Odey Asset Management LLP
028-00180 SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC
028-16279 Somerset Capital Management LLP
028-01399 SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/TN/
028-01693 STEINBERG PRIEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO INC
028-15707 Trinity Street Asset Management LLP
028-04557 WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP
028-02927 WS MANAGEMENT LLLP