By Saeed Azhar

NEW YORK (Reuters) -As Bank of America executives step on stage on Wednesday to address investors, they face pressure to boost returns through dealmaking and wealth management to catch up with larger rival JPMorgan Chase.

CEO Brian Moynihan , who has led BofA since 2010, will convene investors in Boston on Nov. 5 to lay out how the second-largest U.S. lender plans to grow after its returns have trailed peers. This is the bank’s first such gathering since 2011.

The bank could use the presentation to highlight its competitive advantages in consumer and small business lending, investors say.

With its investment bank still playing catch-up to JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs in dealmaking revenue, and its wealth arm managing fewer client assets than JPMorgan and smaller competitor

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