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Another year of pain for the bond bears in 2015?

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts has predicted the European Central Bank (ECB) will unveil a long-awaited quantitative easing programme at the start of next year, boosting the region's equity markets in the process.

European stocks rebounded on Friday after ECB president Mario Draghi said the central bank is ready to expand its asset purchasing programme if inflation in the eurozone continues to lag.

The European Central Bank's monetary stimulus programme is likely to fail without full-blown bond purchases and could lead to a recession in the eurozone, Standard & Poor's has warned.

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A long Europe position has helped offset an otherwise "brutal year" for the Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond fund, according to manager Stewart Cowley.