Luxembourg, Feb. 16 -- The EIB Group (formed by the European Investment Bank, EIB, and the European Investment Fund, EIF) has signed its sixth synthetic securitisation transaction with BNP Paribas since 2017. Building on the five previous transactions, its investment will support small and medium-sized companies and green projects in France contributing to the transition to climate neutrality.Specifically, the parties executed a synthetic securitisation through which the EIB Group invests a total of €112 million to reduce BNP Paribas' risks associated with existing loans to facilitate new lending. Under the arrangement, BNP Paribas pledges to supply new lending of €337 million to French small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...