UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2011 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: Ally Financial Inc. Address: 200 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 200 Detroit, MI 48265-2000 Form 13F File Number: 28-14534 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: Cathy L. Quenneville Title: Secretary Phone: 313-656-6301 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Cathy L. Quenneville Detroit, Michigan November 14, 2011 ------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [_] 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).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 2 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 104 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,112,341 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. Form 13F File Number Name --- -------------------- ---------------------------- 01 28-14536 Ally Insurance Holdings Inc. 02 28-14535 Motors Insurance Corporation FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ----------------- -------- --------- -------- ------------------ ---------- -------- --------------------- VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF TITLE OF VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER --------------------- ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE ----------------- -------- --------- -------- --------- --- ---- ---------- -------- ---- ------ --------- Abbott Labs Com COM 002824100 19,689 385,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 385,000 AT&T COM 00206R102 20,249 710,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 710,000 Adobe Systems COM 00724F101 14,260 590,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 590,000 Affiliated Managers Group Inc COM 008252108 4,074 52,200 SH DEFINED 01 52,200 Aflac Inc COM 001055102 10,310 295,000 SH DEFINED 01 295,000 Air Products & Chemicals COM 009158106 8,783 115,000 SH DEFINED 01 115,000 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 11,126 415,000 SH DEFINED 01 415,000 America Movil SA de CV COM 02364W105 1,987 90,000 SH DEFINED 01 90,000 American Express COM 25816109 4,939 110,000 SH DEFINED 02 110,000 Amphenol Corp COM 032095101 11,416 280,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 280,000 Apache Corp COM 037411105 14,042 175,000 SH DEFINED 01 175,000 Archer Daniels Midland Co COM 039483102 4,218 170,000 SH DEFINED 01 170,000 Autodesk Inc. COM 52769106 14,529 523,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 523,000 Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 5,422 115,000 SH DEFINED 01 115,000 Avon Products Inc COM 054303102 6,625 338,000 SH DEFINED 01 338,000 Baker Hughes COM 57224107 11,771 255,000 SH DEFINED 01 255,000 Bank of America Corporation COM 060505104 8,262 1,350,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 1,350,000 3 Becton, Dickinson and Company COM 75887109 9,165 125,000 SH DEFINED 02 125,000 Big Lots Inc COM 089302103 5,399 155,000 SH DEFINED 01 155,000 BLACKROCK INC COM 09247X101 12,877 87,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 87,000 Boeing Co COM 097023105 13,615 225,000 SH DEFINED 01 225,000 C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc COM 12541W209 9,243 135,000 SH DEFINED 01 135,000 Carnival Corp COM 143658300 14,696 485,000 SH DEFINED 01 485,000 China Petroleum and Chem-ADR ADR 16941R108 2,395 25,000 SH DEFINED 01 25,000 Cisco Sys Inc COM 17275R102 15,645 1,010,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 1,010,000 Comcast Corporation COM 20030N101 19,750 945,000 SH DEFINED 01 945,000 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 22,162 350,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 350,000 Covidien PLC COM G2554F113 4,410 100,000 SH DEFINED 01 100,000 Danaher Corp COM 235851102 4,823 115,000 SH DEFINED 02 115,000 Disney Walt Co COM 254687106 17,131 568,000 SH DEFINED 01 568,000 Ecolab Inc. COM 278865100 9,778 200,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 200,000 EMC Corp Mass COM 26875P101 10,652 150,000 SH DEFINED 02 150,000 Emerson Elec Co COM 291011104 8,055 195,000 SH DEFINED 01 195,000 Entergy Corp COM 29364G103 4,640 70,000 SH DEFINED 01 70,000 EOG Resources Inc COM 26875P101 10,652 150,000 SH DEFINED 01 150,000 Equifax Inc COM 294429105 4,457 145,000 SH DEFINED 01 145,000 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 6,392 150,000 SH DEFINED 02 150,000 Expeditors Intl Wash Inc COM 302130109 4,258 105,000 SH DEFINED 01 105,000 4 Express Scripts COM 302182100 14,457 390,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 390,000 Exxon Mobill Corp COM 30231G102 17,531 240,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 240,000 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 14,551 215,000 SH DEFINED 02 215,000 General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 12,516 220,000 SH DEFINED 02 220,000 General Elec Co COM 369604103 17,145 1,125,000 SH DEFINED 01 1,125,000 Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141G104 6,146 65,000 SH DEFINED 01 65,000 Google Inc COM 38259P508 16,460 32,000 SH DEFINED 01 32,000 Grupo Televisa SA-SPON COM 40049J206 1,931 105,000 SH DEFINED 01 105,000 Hess Corp COM 42809H107 19,148 365,000 SH DEFINED 01 365,000 Hewlett-Packard Co. COM 428236103 12,348 550,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 550,000 Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 13,312 405,000 SH DEFINED 01 405,000 Illinois Tool Works Inc COM 452308109 11,440 275,000 SH DEFINED 01 275,000 Intel Corp COM 458140100 5,333 250,000 SH DEFINED 01 250,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286400 2,030 39,000 SH DEFINED 01 39,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286640 1,222 23,000 SH DEFINED 01 23,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286731 3,956 335,000 SH DEFINED 01 335,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286772 2,096 45,000 SH DEFINED 01 45,000 iShares FTSE China 25 Index ETF 464286830 1,343 110,000 SH DEFINED 01 110,000 iShares Lehman 1-3YR Trs Bd ETF 464287184 3,931 110,000 SH DEFINED 01 110,000 iShares Lehman 1-3YR Trs Bd ETF 464287234 35,421 1,010,000 SH DEFINED 01 1,010,000 5 Ivans Inc COM 465991933 349 18,980 SH DEFINED 02 18,980 Johnson Controls COM 478366107 6,329 240,000 SH DEFINED 01 240,000 J P Morgan Chase & Co. COM 46625H100 14,909 495,000 SH DEFINED 02 495,000 Kohls Corp COM 500255104 9,820 200,000 SH DEFINED 01 200,000 Kraft Foods Inc. COM 50075N104 8,638 245,200 SH DEFINED 01 245,200 Linear Technology Corp COM 535678106 9,125 330,000 SH DEFINED 01 330,000 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 21,792 300,000 SH DEFINED 01 300,000 Lowes Cos Inc COM 548661107 8,316 430,000 SH DEFINED 01 430,000 Marriott International CL A COM 571903202 7,491 275,000 SH DEFINED 01 275,000 Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 4,321 130,000 SH DEFINED 01 130,000 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 19,953 610,000 SH DEFINED 01, 02 610,000 Metlife Inc COM 59156R108 9,663 345,000 SH DEFINED 01 345,000 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 22,277 895,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 895,000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2,700 200,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 200,000 Murphy Oil Corp COM 626717102 13,469 305,000 SH DEFINED 01 305,000 Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 11,369 325,000 SH DEFINED 01 325,000 Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 17,675 615,000 SH DEFINED 01 615,000 Peabody Energy Corp COM 704549104 8,809 260,000 SH DEFINED 01 260,000 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 19,189 310,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 310,000 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - ADR ADR 71654V408 13,246 590,000 SH DEFINED 01 590,000 6 Pfizer COM 717081103 14,144 800,000 SH DEFINED 01 800,000 Phillip Morris International COM 718172109 10,917 175,000 SH DEFINED 01 175,000 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 15,795 250,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 250,000 Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 9,240 190,000 SH DEFINED 01 190,000 Raytheon Co COM 755111507 16,757 410,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 410,000 Rockwell Collins Inc COM 774341101 13,190 250,000 SH DEFINED 01 250,000 Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 14,634 245,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 245,000 Staples Inc COM 855030102 12,502 940,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 940,000 State Street Corp COM 857477103 9,970 310,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 310,000 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 11,783 250,000 SH DEFINED 01 250,000 Sysco Corp COM 871829107 13,727 530,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 530,000 Target Corp COM 87612E106 17,900 365,000 SH DEFINED 01 365,000 Telekomunik Indonesia-SP ADR ADR 715684106 2,381 72,000 SH DEFINED 01 72,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries COM 881624209 11,538 310,000 SH DEFINED 01 310,000 Thermo Electron Corp COM 883556102 10,128 200,000 SH DEFINED 01 200,000 Total Sa-Spon Adr ADR 89151E109 11,845 270,000 SH DEFINED 01 270,000 Transocean Ltd COM H8817H100 3,819 80,000 SH DEFINED 01 80,000 United Parcel Service Inc. COM 911312106 8,841 140,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 140,000 United Technologies COM 913017109 5,277 75,000 SH DEFINED 02 75,000 Vale SA-SP ADR ADR 91912E105 1,710 75,000 SH DEFINED 01 75,000 Verisk Analytics Inc-Class A COM 92345Y106 32,867 945,260 SH DEFINED 02 945,260 7 Vodafone Group Plc COM 92857W209 4,745 185,000 SH DEFINED 01 185,000 Wal Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 5,190 100,000 SH DEFINED 01 100,000 Waste Management Inc COM 94106L109 5,535 170,000 SH DEFINED 01 170,000 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 12,784 530,000 SH DEFINED 01,02 530,000 WESTERN UNION CO COM 959802109 11,468 750,000 SH DEFINED 01 750,000 8