AZ Next Generation Advisory, an accounting and financial advisory firm, and Invest Blue, a financial advisory, agreed to acquire a 40% stake in Virtual Business Partners, a paraplanning and back-office provider. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Investing in advice businesses, you get a firsthand look at where the bottlenecks and opportunities are. We saw the opportunity to invest in the supply chain and build an adviser utility service,” Paul Barrett, AZ NGA CEO.