Career moves

By all means put a plan in place, but flexibility is key in case circumstances change.

"Given all of the turmoil there, you need to have some consistency in leadership and [Roth] was it," one expert says.

Three advisers joined the firm's Advisor Select channel, where they are employees but can make additional business-decisions for their practice.

The firm's newest recruits come from boutique brokerage J.P. Morgan.

The firm's newest recruits generated $3.6 million in annual revenue.

Is Roth on his way out?

Planners who are agile enough can easily decide on what's best for them: switching to wirehouses, other large brokerages or going independent. Also, moving quickly may help them land the best deals, says a recruiting consultant.

The group includes two recruits who began their careers in the late 1970s.

The recruit joined a practice opened by a former complex director from the same wirehouse.

The wirehouse advisers generated a combined $2 million in annual revenue at the time of their departure.