A 6% yield is easy to find. A 6% yield that holds is harder. Plenty of Singapore-listed names are advertising payouts north of 6% right now. The number on its own tells you nothing about whether it will still be there next year. What matters is what funds the dividend. Free cash flow is the lifeblood of dividends, and three high-yielders on the SGX are drawing on three very different sources to keep theirs flowing. Here are the three, ordered from the steadiest case to the one that asks the most questions.

Mapletree Logistics Trust (SGX: M44U)

Mapletree Logistics Trust, or MLT, runs 175 logistics properties across nine Asia Pacific markets, with assets under management (AUM) of S$13.1 billion as at 31 March 2026. The headline looks soft. Distribution per unit (DPU) for the fourth quarter of FY2025/2026 fell 7.0% year on year (YoY) to S$0.018. But the drop is cosmetic. It reflects the absence of divestment gains booked in the prior...