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TORONTO, July 4 (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), Canada's second-largest bank, said on Friday it will take a pretax charge of about C$96 million ($94 million) for the mispricing of derivatives by a senior trader who has left the London office of its investment dealer unit.

TD Bank said that the charge in its TD Securities unit was tied to credit derivatives that were not properly priced, and said the unnamed trader left the bank on June 23.

TD discovered the mispriced credit index swaps the same day, spokeswoman Simone Philogene said.

A spokeswoman for Britain's Financial Services Authority said that it does not comment on individual firms.

TD Bank President and Chief Executive Ed Clark said the bank was "very disappointed" with the loss.

"Our company has a strong risk culture and we deeply regret this incident. We take this very seriously and will make every effort to ensure that this doesn't happen again." Continued...

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