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Here are three important factors to take into consideration when breaking away.

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

"The uncertainty is often more stressful than the reality" when it comes to planning for a change in administration.

Going independent is alluring, but it also has its quirks. For instance, there is usually no support staff. Finding new clients while properly serving existing ones is “a juggling act,” CFP Tom Fredrickson says.

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

Competing in his first triathlon helped John Pierce discover the direction he needed to succeed in wealth management.

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.

How Todd Sacks joined an elite ranking of wealth management supervisors.

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