Singapore’s stock market has built a reputation as one of the highest-yielding equity markets in the world, and the numbers back it up. The Straits Times Index (STI) currently offers a dividend yield of around 4% to 4.5%, well ahead of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index near 3%, and more than double the S&P 500’s sub-2% yield. Beyond the blue-chip index, Singapore’s deep and mature REIT sector pushes that advantage further, with several counters offering distribution yields of 6% to 9%, a scale rarely matched by developed-market equities.
Three REITs illustrate this well: NTT DC REIT, United Hampshire US REIT, and Lendlease Global Commercial REIT.
NTT DC REIT (SGX: NTDU)
A data centre REIT, exposed to the AI boom, NTT DC REIT has a current forward yield of about 8 to 8.5%/ The REIT owns six data centres across California, Virginia, Vienna, and Singapore, anchored by NTT’s
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