A $6-trillion reason to buy into Asian equities: All you need to know

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index's 11% gain this year, however, still lags the global benchmark

If BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is right and global stocks are poised for a “melt up” scenario, several of Asia’s markets may be candidates to help lead that charge.

Most participants are still underinvested in the markets globally, Fink said in an interview to CNBC on Tuesday after his company reported earnings. “We have a risk of a melt up, not a melt down,” he said. The head of the world’s largest investment firm, with $6 trillion of assets under management, said “huge pools of money” is sitting on the sidelines as investors haven’t rushed back into equities even as