UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2013 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 May 15, 2013 ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------ [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: 3 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 135 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 973,781 (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 03 28-15350 Ally Investment Management LLC 2 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 -------- -------- ------------ --------- ------------------ ---------- -------- --------------------- TITLE OF MARKET AMOUNT & TYPE INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP NUMBER VALUE OF SECURITY DISCRETION MANAGERS AUTHORITY -------------- -------- ------------ --------- ------------------ ---------- -------- --------------------- Shrs or Prn Sh/ Put/ (x$1,000) Amnt Prn Call SOLE SHARED NONE --------- ------- --- ----- ------- ------ ------ Aflac Inc COM 001055102 5,202 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Air Products & Chemicals Inc COM 009158106 5,663 65,000 SH DEFINED 2 65,000 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 10,661 310,000 SH DEFINED 1 310,000 Amazon.com Inc COM 023135106 10,127 38,000 SH DEFINED 1 38,000 American Capital Agency Corp COM 02503X105 5,681 173,300 SH DEFINED 1 173,300 American Express Co COM 025816109 7,421 110,000 SH DEFINED 1 110,000 American International Group Inc COM 026874784 5,241 135,000 SH DEFINED 1 135,000 Apache Corp COM 037411105 17,747 230,000 SH DEFINED 1 230,000 Apple Inc COM 037833100 24,345 55,000 SH DEFINED 1 55,000 Archer-daniels-midland Co COM 039483102 5,903 175,000 SH DEFINED 1 175,000 Archer-daniels-midland Co OPTIONS 039483102 (691) (1,750) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,750) At&t Inc COM 00206R102 15,960 435,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 435,000 At&t Inc OPTIONS 00206R102 (287) (1,500) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,500) Autodesk Inc COM 052769106 5,361 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Autozone Inc COM 053332102 4,364 11,000 SH DEFINED 1 11,000 Baidu Inc ADR 056752108 2,280 26,000 SH DEFINED 1 26,000 Baker Hughes Inc COM 057224107 13,923 300,000 SH DEFINED 1 300,000 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 2,906 40,000 SH DEFINED 2 40,000 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc COM 075896100 8,697 135,000 SH DEFINED 2 135,000 Boeing Co/the COM 097023105 10,731 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Broadcom Corp COM 111320107 5,027 145,000 SH DEFINED 1 145,000 Capital One Financial Corp COM 14040H105 5,495 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Carnival Corp COM 143658300 8,849 258,000 SH DEFINED 1 258,000 Carnival Corp OPTIONS 143658300 (24) (680) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (680) Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 3,914 45,000 SH DEFINED 2 45,000 Ch Robinson Worldwide Inc COM 12541W209 9,335 157,000 SH DEFINED 1 157,000 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 7,528 360,000 SH DEFINED 2 360,000 Coach Inc COM 189754104 5,999 120,000 SH DEFINED 1 120,000 Coca-cola Co/the COM 191216100 15,165 375,000 SH DEFINED 1 375,000 Conocophillips COM 20825C104 2,705 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000 Costco Wholesale Corp COM 22160K105 7,958 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 Cr Bard Inc COM 067383109 2,016 20,000 SH DEFINED 2 20,000 Darden Restaurants Inc COM 237194105 11,370 220,000 SH DEFINED 1 220,000 Darden Restaurants Inc OPTIONS 237194105 (342) (1,900) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,900) Darden Restaurants Inc OPTIONS 237194105 (125) (300) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (300) Dollar General Corp COM 256677105 7,587 150,000 SH DEFINED 1 150,000 Dollar General Corp OPTIONS 256677105 (102) (1,500) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,500) Dow Chemical Co/the COM 260543103 4,935 155,000 SH DEFINED 1 155,000 Dow Chemical Co/the OPTIONS 260543103 (177) (1,550) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,550) Ebay Inc COM 278642103 2,711 50,000 SH DEFINED 1 50,000 Emc Corp/ma COM 268648102 15,051 630,000 SH DEFINED 1 630,000 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 2,514 45,000 SH DEFINED 2 45,000 Entergy Corp COM 29364G103 4,408 69,700 SH DEFINED 1 69,700 Expeditors International Of Washington Inc COM 302130109 7,321 205,000 SH DEFINED 1 205,000 Express Scripts Holding Co COM 30219G108 10,377 180,000 SH DEFINED 1 180,000 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 22,528 250,000 SH DEFINED 2 250,000 Facebook Inc COM 30303M102 4,988 195,000 SH DEFINED 1 195,000 Family Dollar Stores Inc COM 307000109 5,905 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 3,928 40,000 SH DEFINED 2 40,000 Franklin Resources Inc COM 354613101 3,016 20,000 SH DEFINED 2 20,000 Freeport-mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc COM 35671D857 20,522 620,000 SH DEFINED 1 620,000 Freeport-mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc OPTIONS 35671D857 (46) (3,050) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (3,050) General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 5,641 80,000 SH DEFINED 2 80,000 General Electric Co COM 369604103 21,948 949,300 SH DEFINED 1,2 949,300 General Electric Co OPTIONS 369604103 (158) (2,358) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,358) COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 -------- -------- ------------ --------- -------------------- ---------- -------- ------------------------ TITLE OF MARKET AMOUNT & TYPE INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP NUMBER VALUE OF SECURITY DISCRETION MANAGERS AUTHORITY -------------- -------- ------------ --------- -------------------- ---------- -------- ------------------------ Shrs or Prn Sh/ Put/ (x$1,000) Amnt Prn Call SOLE SHARED NONE --------- --------- --- ----- --------- ------ ------- Glaxosmithkline Plc ADR 37733W105 3,495 74,500 SH DEFINED 1 74,500 Glaxosmithkline Plc OPTIONS 37733W105 (227) (745) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (745) Goldman Sachs Group Inc/the COM 38141G104 2,943 20,000 SH DEFINED 2 20,000 Google Inc COM 38259P508 4,764 6,000 SH DEFINED 1 6,000 Google Inc OPTIONS 38259P508 (25) (60) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (60) Hess Corp COM 42809H107 2,506 35,000 SH DEFINED 1 35,000 Intel Corp COM 458140100 17,699 810,000 SH DEFINED 1 810,000 Invesco Ltd COM G491BT108 5,647 195,000 SH DEFINED 1 195,000 Ishares Msci Brazil Capped Index Fund ETF 464286400 4,903 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 Ishares Msci Chile Capped Investable Market Index Fund ETF 464286640 1,493 23,000 SH DEFINED 1 23,000 Ishares Msci Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF 464287234 59,250 1,385,000 SH DEFINED 1 1,385,000 Ishares Msci Taiwan Index Fund ETF 464286731 4,469 335,000 SH DEFINED 1 335,000 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 13,045 160,000 SH DEFINED 2 160,000 Jpmorgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 12,340 260,000 SH DEFINED 2 260,000 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 8,687 90,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 90,000 Lorillard Inc COM 544147101 5,447 135,000 SH DEFINED 1 135,000 Lorillard Inc OPTIONS 544147101 (131) (1,350) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,350) Lowe's Cos Inc COM 548661107 5,119 135,000 SH DEFINED 2 135,000 Market Vectors Russia Etf ETF 57060U506 2,773 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Mcdonald's Corp COM 580135101 4,985 50,000 SH DEFINED 2 50,000 Merck & Co Inc OPTIONS 58933Y105 (93) (1,350) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,350) Merck & Co Inc COM 58933Y105 19,019 430,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 430,000 Metlife Inc COM 59156R108 15,778 415,000 SH DEFINED 1 415,000 Metlife Inc OPTIONS 59156R108 (47) (1,750) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,750) Microchip Technology Inc COM 595017104 2,757 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 Microchip Technology Inc OPTIONS 595017104 (194) (750) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (750) Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 27,895 975,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 975,000 Microsoft Corp OPTIONS 594918104 (155) (1,850) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,850) Mondelez International Inc COM 609207105 8,571 280,000 SH DEFINED 2 280,000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2,857 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Murphy Oil Corp COM 626717102 7,966 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Newmont Mining Corp COM 651639106 18,641 445,000 SH DEFINED 1 445,000 Nordstrom Inc COM 655664100 5,247 95,000 SH DEFINED 1 95,000 Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 10,639 195,000 SH DEFINED 1 195,000 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 674599105 7,445 95,000 SH DEFINED 1 95,000 Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 12,774 395,000 SH DEFINED 1 395,000 Paychex Inc COM 704326107 16,658 475,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 475,000 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 15,189 192,000 SH DEFINED 2 192,000 Petroleo Brasileiro Sa ADR 71654V408 994 60,000 SH DEFINED 1 60,000 PFIZER INC COM 717081103 8,081 280,000 SH DEFINED 2 280,000 Philip Morris International Inc COM 718172109 5,563 60,000 SH DEFINED 2 60,000 Pnc Financial Services Group Inc COM 693475105 5,320 80,000 SH DEFINED 2 80,000 Powershares KBW Bank ETF 73937B746 564 21,500 SH DEFINED 3 21,500 Praxair Inc COM 74005P104 5,019 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000 Precision Castparts Corp COM 740189105 5,309 28,000 SH DEFINED 2 28,000 Procter & Gamble Co/the COM 742718109 5,394 70,000 SH DEFINED 2 70,000 Prudential Financial Inc COM 744320102 12,978 220,000 SH DEFINED 1 220,000 Prudential Financial Inc OPTIONS 744320102 (446) (850) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (850) Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 15,399 230,000 SH DEFINED 1 230,000 Rockwell Collins Inc COM 774341101 7,890 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Royal Dutch Shell Plc ADR 780259206 4,887 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 S&P 500 Index OPTIONS SPX000009 201 600 SH PUT DEFINED 3 600 S&P 500 Index OPTIONS SPX000009 (1,686) (600) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (600) Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 13,480 180,000 SH DEFINED 1 180,000 Select Sector SPDR ETF 81369Y803 (621) (20,500) SH DEFINED 3 (20,500) Staples Inc COM 855030102 4,566 340,000 SH DEFINED 1 340,000 T Rowe Price Group Inc COM 74144T108 5,990 80,000 SH DEFINED 1 80,000 Target Corp COM 87612E106 5,818 85,000 SH DEFINED 1 85,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ADR 881624209 12,301 310,000 SH DEFINED 1 310,000 Tiffany & Co COM 886547108 5,216 75,000 SH DEFINED 2 75,000 Time Warner Cable Inc COM 88732J207 5,283 55,000 SH DEFINED 2 55,000 Total Sa ADR 89151E109 11,515 240,000 SH DEFINED 1 240,000 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 -------- -------- ------------ --------- -------------------- ---------- -------- ----------------------- TITLE OF MARKET AMOUNT & TYPE INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP NUMBER VALUE OF SECURITY DISCRETION MANAGERS AUTHORITY -------------- -------- ------------ --------- -------------------- ---------- -------- ----------------------- Shrs or Prn Sh/ Put/ (x$1,000) Amnt Prn Call SOLE SHARED NONE --------- --------- --- ----- --------- ------ ------ United Parcel Service Inc COM 911312106 6,013 70,000 SH DEFINED 1 70,000 United Parcel Service Inc OPTIONS 911312106 (357) (700) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (700) Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 5,435 95,000 SH DEFINED 1 95,000 Us Bancorp COM 902973304 15,269 450,000 SH DEFINED 1 450,000 Vale Sa ADR 91912E105 1,297 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 5,529 112,500 SH DEFINED 1 112,500 Verizon Communications Inc OPTIONS 92343V104 (574) (1,125) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,125) Vmware Inc COM 928563402 2,761 35,000 SH DEFINED 1 35,000 Vodafone Group Plc ADR 92857W209 5,682 200,000 SH DEFINED 1 200,000 Wal-mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 16,088 215,000 SH DEFINED 2 215,000 Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 5,298 80,000 SH DEFINED 1 80,000 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 23,859 645,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 645,000 Wells Fargo & Co OPTIONS 949746101 (190) (1,450) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,450) Western Union Co/the COM 959802109 16,694 1,110,000 SH DEFINED 1 1,110,000 Western Union Co/the OPTIONS 959802109 (335) (3,600) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (3,600) Williams Cos Inc/the COM 969457100 8,054 215,000 SH DEFINED 1 215,000 Williams Cos Inc/the OPTIONS 969457100 (520) (2,150) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,150) Wynn Resorts Ltd COM 983134107 5,632 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000